Ezekiel 46:16-18

16 "Thus says the Lord GOD: If the prince makes a gift to any of his sons as his inheritance, it shall belong to his sons. It is their property by inheritance.

17 But if he makes a gift ¹out of his inheritance to one of his servants, it shall be his to ²the year of liberty. Then it shall revert to the prince; surely it is his inheritance--it shall belong to his sons.

18 ³The prince shall not take any of the inheritance of the people, ⁴thrusting them out of their property. He shall give his sons their inheritance out of his own property, so that none of my people shall be ⁵scattered from his 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.

Cross References

• 1. [Ezekiel 45:7]
• 2. See Leviticus 25:10
• 3. [1 Samuel 8:14; 1 Kings 21:3, 7]
• 4. [Ezekiel 45:8]
• 5. [Ezekiel 34:4, 5]