Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
On the day that he goes into the sanctuary, into the inner courtyard to minister in the sanctuary, he shall offer his sin offering,” says the Lord God.
28 “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.
Phrases
Cross References
Numbers 18:20
Then the Lord said to Aaron, “You shall have no inheritance in the land [of the Israelites], nor have any portion [of land] among them. I am your portion and your inheritance among the children of Israel.
Deuteronomy 10:9
Therefore, Levi does not have a portion or inheritance [of tribal land] with his brothers;
Deuteronomy 18:1-2
“The Levitical priests, the entire tribe of Levi, shall own [privately] no portion [of land] or inheritance with Israel; they shall eat the Lord’s offerings by fire and His portion.
Joshua 13:33
But to the tribe of Levi, Moses did not give an inheritance; the Lord, the God of Israel, is their inheritance, as He told them.
Ezekiel 45:4
It shall be the holy portion of the land; it shall be for the priests, the ministers of the sanctuary, who come near to minister to the Lord, and it shall be a place for their houses and a holy place for the sanctuary.
Joshua 13:14
It was only to the tribe of Levi that Moses gave no [territory as an] inheritance; the offerings by fire to the Lord, the God of Israel, are their inheritance, as He told him.
Ezekiel 48:9-11
The allotment [of land] that you shall set apart and offer to the Lord shall be 25,000 cubits in length and 10,000 in width.
1 Peter 5:2-4
shepherd and guide and protect the flock of God among you, exercising oversight not under compulsion, but voluntarily, according to the will of God; and not [motivated] for shameful gain, but with wholehearted enthusiasm;