Ezekiel 46:17-19

Good News Translation

¹⁷^(A)But if the ruling prince gives any of his land to anyone who is in his service, it will become the prince's property again when the Year of Restoration^[a] comes. It belongs to him, and only he and his sons can own it permanently. ¹⁸The ruling prince must not take any of the people's property away from them. Any land he gives to his sons must be from the land that is assigned to him, so that he will not oppress any of my people by taking their land.”

The Temple Kitchens

¹⁹Then the man took me to the entrance of the rooms facing north near the gate on the south side of the inner courtyard. These are holy rooms for the priests. He pointed out a place on the west side of the rooms

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Footnotes

Ezekiel 46:17 Every fifty years, all Israelites were required to give freedom to any Israelites who had become slaves because of debts; they were also to give back to the original owner, or his heirs, any ancestral land that had been sold for debt (see Lv 25.8-55).