Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
And they shall have an inheritance: I am their inheritance. And ye shall give them no possession in Israel. I am their possession.
New American Standard Bible
“And it shall be with regard to an inheritance for them, that
King James Version
And it shall be unto them for an inheritance: I am their inheritance: and ye shall give them no possession in Israel: I am their possession.
Holman Bible
“This will be their inheritance: I am their inheritance.
International Standard Version
"Now with respect to the priests' inheritances, I am to be their inheritance, and you are to give them no possession in Israel, since I am their possession.
American Standard Version
And they shall have an inheritance: I am their inheritance; and ye shall give them no possession in Israel; I am their possession.
Amplified
“It [their ministry to Me] shall be as an inheritance to them, for I am their inheritance; and you shall give them no property (land) in Israel, for I am their possession.
Bible in Basic English
And they are to have no heritage; I am their heritage: you are to give them no property in Israel; I am their property.
Darby Translation
And it shall be unto them for an inheritance; I am their inheritance: and ye shall give them no possession in Israel; I am their possession.
Julia Smith Translation
And it was to them for an inheritance; I am their inheritance: and a possession ye shall not give to there in Israel: I am their possession.
King James 2000
And it shall be unto them for an inheritance: I am their inheritance: and you shall give them no possession in Israel: I am their possession.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And [thus] it will be to them as [regards] inheritance, [that] I [am] their inheritance, and [so] you shall not give to them property in Israel; I [am] their property.
Modern King James verseion
And it shall be to them for an inheritance. I am their inheritance. And you shall give them no possession in Israel; I am their possession.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
They shall have a heritage; yea, I myself will be their heritage: else shall ye give them no possession in Israel, for I am their possession.
NET Bible
"'This will be their inheritance: I am their inheritance, and you must give them no property in Israel; I am their property.
New Heart English Bible
"'They shall have an inheritance: I am their inheritance; and you shall give them no possession in Israel; I am their possession.
The Emphasized Bible
So shall it become to them an inheritance, I, am their inheritance,- And possession, shall ye not give them in Israel, I am their possession.
Webster
And it shall be to them for an inheritance: I am their inheritance: and ye shall give them no possession in Israel: I am their possession.
World English Bible
They shall have an inheritance: I am their inheritance; and you shall give them no possession in Israel; I am their possession.
Youngs Literal Translation
And it hath been to them for an inheritance; I am their inheritance: and a possession ye do not give to them in Israel; I am their possession.
Interlinear
Nachalah
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 44:28
Verse Info
Context Readings
The People Serving In The New Temple
27 And in the day that he goes into the sanctuary, into the inner court, to minister in the sanctuary, he shall offer his sin-offering, says lord LORD. 28 And they shall have an inheritance: I am their inheritance. And ye shall give them no possession in Israel. I am their possession. 29 They shall eat the meal-offering, and the sin-offering, and the trespass-offering. And every devoted thing in Israel shall be theirs.
Phrases
Cross References
Numbers 18:20
And LORD said to Aaron, Thou shall have no inheritance in their land, neither shall thou have any portion among them. I am thy portion and thine inheritance among the sons of Israel.
Deuteronomy 10:9
Therefore Levi has no portion nor inheritance with his brothers. LORD is his inheritance, according as LORD thy God spoke to him.)
Deuteronomy 18:1-2
The priests the Levites, [even] all the tribe of Levi, shall have no portion nor inheritance with Israel. They shall eat the offerings of LORD made by fire, and his inheritance.
Joshua 13:33
But to the tribe of Levi Moses gave no inheritance. LORD, the God of Israel, is their inheritance, as he spoke to them.
Ezekiel 45:4
It is a holy portion of the land. It shall be for the priests, the ministers of the sanctuary, who come near to minister to LORD, and it shall be a place for their houses, and a holy place for the sanctuary.
Joshua 13:14
Only to the tribe of Levi he gave no inheritance. The offerings of LORD, the God of Israel, made by fire are his inheritance as he spoke to him.
1 Peter 5:2-4
Tend ye the flock of God among you, watching over, not by obligation, but willingly, nor greedily, but readily,