“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.
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. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And they shall not sell of it, neither exchange, nor alienate the firstfruits of the land: for it is holy unto the LORD. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And they shall not sell any of it or exchange it; they shall not convey or transfer this the firstfruits of the land, for it has been offered to the Lord and is holy to Him. American Standard Version (1901) And they shall sell none of it, nor exchange it, nor shall the first-fruits of the land be alienated; for it is holy unto Jehovah. Common English Bible None of it will be sold, exchanged, or transferred. It is the choicest land, because it is holy to the LORD. Catholic Public Domain Version And they shall not sell from it, nor exchange, and the first-fruits of the land shall not be transferred. For these have been sanctified to the Lord. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And they shall not sell thereof, nor exchange, neither shall the firstfruits of the land be alienated, because they are sanctified to the Lord. |
“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.
“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.
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.
“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.
“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.
“But about the cities of the Levites: The Levites can buy back their houses at any time in the cities that belong to them.
Also, the fields and pastures around the Levite cities can’t be sold. Those fields belong to the Levites forever.
“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.
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.