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Ministerial Inheritances

28 “Now with respect to the priests’[a] inheritances, I am to be their inheritance, and you are to give them no possession in Israel, since I am their possession. 29 They are to eat the grain offerings, sin offering, and guilt offering. Everything consecrated in Israel is to belong to them. 30 The first portion of all the first fruits of every kind and every offering of any kind is to be for the priests. You are to give the priest the first portion of your grain. As a result a blessing will rest on your household.

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  1. Ezekiel 44:28 Lit. to their

28 “‘I am to be the only inheritance(A) the priests have. You are to give them no possession in Israel; I will be their possession. 29 They will eat(B) the grain offerings, the sin offerings and the guilt offerings; and everything in Israel devoted[a] to the Lord(C) will belong to them.(D) 30 The best of all the firstfruits(E) and of all your special gifts will belong to the priests. You are to give them the first portion of your ground meal(F) so that a blessing(G) may rest on your household.(H)

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  1. Ezekiel 44:29 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord.