Ezekiel 48:14
Good News Translation
The area dedicated to the LORD is the best part of all the land, and none of it may be sold or exchanged or transferred to anyone else. It is holy and belongs to the LORD.

New Revised Standard Version
They shall not sell or exchange any of it; they shall not transfer this choice portion of the land, for it is holy to the LORD.

Contemporary English Version
and they must never sell or trade any of this land--it is the best land and belongs to me.

New American Bible
They may not sell or exchange or transfer any of it, the best part of the land, for it is sacred to the LORD.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they shall not sell thereof, nor exchange, neither shall the firstfruits of the land be alienated, because they are sanctified to the Lord.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And they shall not sell thereof, nor exchange, neither shall the firstfruits of the land be alienated, because they are sanctified to the Lord.

they shall.

Exodus 22:29 Thou shalt not delay to pay thy tithes and thy firstfruits: thou shalt give the firstborn of thy sons to me.

Leviticus 27:10,28,33 And cannot be changed: that is to say, neither a better for a worse, nor a worse for a better. And if he shall change it: both that which was changed, and that for which it was changed, shall be consecrated to the Lord. . . .

for.

Ezekiel 48:12 And for them shall be the firstfruits of the firstfruits of the land holy of holies, by the border of the Levites,

Leviticus 23:20 And when the priest hath lifted them up with the loaves of the firstfruits before the Lord, they shall fall to his use.

Leviticus 27:9,32 But a beast that may be sacrificed to the Lord, if any one shall vow, shall be holy, . . .

Malachi 3:8-10 Shall a man afflict God, for you afflict me. And you have said: Wherein do we afflict thee? in tithes and in firstfruits. . . .

Context
The Portion for the Priests
13And the Levites in like manner shall have by the borders of the priests five and twenty thousand in length, and ten thousand in breadth. All the length shall be five and twenty thousand, and the breadth ten thousand. 14And they shall not sell thereof, nor exchange, neither shall the firstfruits of the land be alienated, because they are sanctified to the Lord.15But the five thousand that remain in the breadth over against the five and twenty thousand, shall be a profane place for the city for dwelling, and for suburbs and the city shall be in the midst thereof.…
Cross References
Romans 8:23
And not only it, but ourselves also, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit: even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption of the sons of God, the redemption of our body.

Leviticus 25:32
The houses of Levites, which are in cities, may always be redeemed.

Leviticus 27:10
And cannot be changed: that is to say, neither a better for a worse, nor a worse for a better. And if he shall change it: both that which was changed, and that for which it was changed, shall be consecrated to the Lord.

Leviticus 27:28
Any thing that is devoted to the Lord, whether it be man, or beast, or field, shall not be sold: neither may it be redeemed. Whatsoever is once consecrated shall be holy of holies to the Lord.

Ezekiel 48:13
And the Levites in like manner shall have by the borders of the priests five and twenty thousand in length, and ten thousand in breadth. All the length shall be five and twenty thousand, and the breadth ten thousand.

Ezekiel 48:13
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