Ezekiel 48:14

Easy To Read Version

The Levites will not sell or trade any of this land. They will not be able to sell any of this land. They must not cut up this part of the country! Why? Because this land belongs to the Lord—it is very special. It is the best part of the land.

Cross References

Exodus 22:29

“At harvest time you should give me the first grain and the first juice from your fruit. Don’t wait until late in the year.

Exodus 23:19

“When you gather your crops at harvest time, you should bring the first of everything you harvest to the house [150] of the Lord your God.

Ezekiel 48:12

This special share from this holy part of the land will be especially for these priests. It will be next to the land of the Levites.

Ezekiel 48:13

“Next to the land for the priests, the Levites will have a share of the land. It will be 25,000 cubits {\cf2\super [471]} long and 10,000 cubits {\cf2\super [472]} wide. They will get the full length and width of this land—25,000 cubits {\cf2\super [473]} long and 20,000 cubits {\cf2\super [474]} wide.

Leviticus 23:20

“The priest will wave them with the bread from the first harvest for a wave offering with two lambs before the Lord. They are holy to the Lord. They will belong to the priest.

Leviticus 25:32

“But about the cities of the Levites: The Levites can buy back their houses at any time in the cities that belong to them.

Leviticus 25:34

Also, the fields and pastures around the Levite cities can’t be sold. Those fields belong to the Levites forever.

Leviticus 27:28

“There is a special kind of gift [468] that people give to the Lord. That gift belongs only to the Lord. That gift cannot be bought back or sold. That gift belongs to the Lord. That type of gift includes people, animals, and fields from the family property.

Romans 8:23

Not only the world, but we also have been waiting with pain inside us. We have the Spirit {\cf2\super [67]} as the first part of God’s promise. So we are waiting for God to finish making us his own children. I mean we are waiting for our bodies to be made free.