Ezekiel 46:16-18

Transfer of Royal Lands

16 "This is what the Lord God says: If the prince gives a gift to each of his sons as their inheritance, it will belong to his sons. It will become their property by inheritance.

17 But if he gives a gift from his inheritance to one of his servants, it will belong to that servant until the year of freedom,^[a] when it will revert to the prince. His inheritance belongs only to his sons; it is theirs.

18 The prince must not take any of the people's inheritance, evicting them from their property.^[b] He is to provide an inheritance for his sons from his own property, so that none of My people will be displaced from his own property."

Ezekiel 46:16-18 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 46

This chapter treats of the shutting of the eastern gate of the inner court on working days, and opening it on sabbaths and new moons, for the prince and people to worship in, Eze 46:1-3, gives a further account of the sacrifices of both at these seasons, and of their different ways of going in and out, Eze 46:4-15, delivers some rules about the prince's disposing of his gifts to his sons and servants, Eze 46:16-18 and describes the places for the priest's baking and boiling the sacrifices, Eze 46:19-24.

Footnotes

• [a]. Lv 25:10
• [b]. Ezk 45:9; 1 Sm 8:14