Ezekiel 44:26-31

26 After he is cleansed, he must wait seven days.
27 On the day he goes into the inner court of the sanctuary to minister in the sanctuary, he is to offer a sin offering[a] for himself, declares the Sovereign LORD.
28 “ ‘I am to be the only inheritance the priests have. You are to give them no possession in Israel; I will be their possession.
29 They will eat the grain offerings, the sin offerings and the guilt offerings; and everything in Israel devoted[b] to the LORD will belong to them.
30 The best of all the firstfruits and of all your special gifts will belong to the priests. You are to give them the first portion of your ground meal so that a blessing may rest on your household.
31 The priests must not eat anything, whether bird or animal, found dead or torn by wild animals.

Cross References 13

  • 1. Numbers 19:14
  • 2. S Numbers 3:28
  • 3. S Leviticus 4:28; Numbers 6:11
  • 4. S Numbers 18:20; Deuteronomy 10:9; Deuteronomy 18:1-2; S Joshua 13:33
  • 5. Leviticus 6:16
  • 6. S Leviticus 27:21
  • 7. Numbers 18:9,14; S Joshua 13:14
  • 8. Numbers 18:12-13; S 2 Chronicles 31:5
  • 9. S Numbers 15:18-21
  • 10. S Leviticus 25:21; Malachi 3:10
  • 11. S 2 Chronicles 31:10; Nehemiah 10:35-37
  • 12. S Leviticus 11:39
  • 13. S Exodus 22:31; S Leviticus 11:40; Leviticus 22:8

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. Or "purification offering" ; also in verse 29
  • [b]. The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord.
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