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Contemporary English Version

Ezekiel 48:14

and they must never sell or trade any of this land—it is the best land and belongs to me.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Levites;   Priest;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - First Fruits, the;  

Dictionaries:

- Fausset Bible Dictionary - Firstfruits;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Fasting;   Moses;   Nations;   Numbers, Book of;   Priests and Levites;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - First-Fruits;   Israel ;   Tribes, the Twelve;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - First-fruits;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Alienate;   Temple;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
They must not sell or exchange any of it, and they must not transfer this choice part of the land, for it is holy to the Lord.
Hebrew Names Version
They shall sell none of it, nor exchange it, nor shall the first fruits of the land be alienated; for it is holy to the LORD.
King James Version
And they shall not sell of it, neither exchange, nor alienate the firstfruits of the land: for it is holy unto the Lord .
English Standard Version
They shall not sell or exchange any of it. They shall not alienate this choice portion of the land, for it is holy to the Lord .
New American Standard Bible
"Moreover, they shall not sell or exchange any of it, or allow this choice portion of land to pass to others; for it is holy to the LORD.
New Century Version
The Levites are not to sell or trade any of this land. They are not to let anyone else own any of this best part of the land, because it belongs to the Lord .
Amplified Bible
"And they shall not sell any of it or exchange it, or allow this choice portion of land to pass to others; for it is holy to the LORD.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And they shall not sel of it, neither change it, nor abalienate the first fruites of the land: for it is holy vnto the Lorde.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Moreover, they shall not sell or exchange any of it, or alienate this choice portion of land; for it is holy to the LORD.
Legacy Standard Bible
Moreover, they shall not sell or exchange any of it, or let this choice portion of land pass over to another; for it is holy to Yahweh.
Berean Standard Bible
They must not sell or exchange any of it, and they must not transfer this best part of the land, for it is holy to the LORD.
Complete Jewish Bible
They may not sell, exchange or alienate any of this choice land; because it is holy, for Adonai .
Darby Translation
And they shall not sell of it, neither exchange, nor alienate the first-fruits of the land: for it is holy unto Jehovah.
Easy-to-Read Version
The Levites will not sell or trade any of this land. They will not be able to sell any of it. They must not cut up this part of the country, because this land belongs to the Lord —it is very special. It is the best part of the land.
George Lamsa Translation
And they shall not sell any of it, neither exchange it, nor do away with the tithes of the land; for it is holy to the LORD.
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 .
Lexham English Bible
And they shall not sell any part from it, and shall not exchange, and shall not transfer the best of the land, for it is holy to Yahweh.
Literal Translation
And they shall not sell any of it, and shall not trade, and shall not cause to pass away the firstfruits of the land. For it is holy to Jehovah.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Of this porcio they shal sell nothinge, ner make eny permutacion therof, lest the chefe of the londe fall vnto other, for it is halowed vnto the LORDE.
American Standard Version
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.
Bible in Basic English
And they are not to let any of it go for a price, or give it in exchange; and the part of the land given to the Lord is not to go into other hands: for it is holy to the Lord.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And they shall not sell of it, nor exchange, nor alienate the first portion of the land; for it is holy unto the LORD.
King James Version (1611)
And they shall not sell of it, neither exchange, nor alienate the first fruits of the land: for it is holy vnto the Lord.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Of this portion they shall sell nothing, nor make any permutation thereof, nor alienate the first fruites of the lande: for it is holy vnto the Lorde.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
No part of it shall be sold, nor measured as for sale, neither shall the first-fruits of the land be taken away: for they are holy to the Lord.
English Revised Version
And they shall not sell of it, neither exchange it, nor shall the firstfruits of the land be alienated: for it is holy unto the LORD.
World English Bible
They shall sell none of it, nor exchange it, nor shall the first fruits of the land be alienated; for it is holy to Yahweh.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thei schulen not sille therof, nether schulen chaunge; and the firste fruytis of the lond schulen not be translatid, for tho ben halewid to the Lord.
Update Bible Version
And they shall sell none of it, nor exchange it, nor shall the first fruits of the land be alienated; for it is holy to Yahweh.
Webster's Bible Translation
And they shall not sell of it, neither exchange, nor alienate the first-fruits of the land: for [it is] holy to the LORD.
New English Translation
They must not sell or exchange any of it; they must not transfer this choice portion of land, for it is set apart to the Lord .
New King James Version
And they shall not sell or exchange any of it; they may not alienate this best part of the land, for it is holy to the LORD.
New Living Translation
None of this special land may ever be sold or traded or used by others, for it belongs to the Lord ; it is set apart as holy.
New Life Bible
They must not sell or trade any of it. This is the best part of the land, and it must not pass into other hands. For it is holy to the Lord.
New Revised Standard
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 .
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And they shall not sell thereof, nor shall one exchange or alienate the first-fruits of the land, - for it is holy unto Yahweh.
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.
Revised Standard Version
They shall not sell or exchange any of it; they shall not alienate this choice portion of the land, for it is holy to the LORD.
Young's Literal Translation
And they do not sell of it, nor exchange, nor cause to pass away the first-fruit of the land: for [it is] holy to Jehovah.

Contextual Overview

1The Lord said: Each tribe will receive a section of land that runs from the eastern border of Israel west to the Mediterranean Sea. The northern border of Israel will run along the towns of Hethlon and Lebo-Hamath, and will end at Hazar-Enon, which is on the border between the kingdoms of Damascus and Hamath. The tribes will receive their share of land in the following order, from north to south: Dan, Asher, Naphtali, Manasseh, Ephraim, Reuben, and Judah. 8 The Lord said: South of Judah's territory will be a special section of land. Its length will be eight miles, and its width will run from the eastern border of Israel west to the Mediterranean Sea. My temple will be located in this section of land. 9 An area in the center of this land will belong to me. It will be eight miles long and six miles wide. 10 I, the Lord , will give half of my sacred land to the priests. Their share will be eight miles long and three miles wide, and my temple will be right in the middle. 11 Only priests who are descendants of Zadok will receive a share of this sacred land, because they remained faithful to me when the Levites and the rest of the Israelites started sinning. 12 The land belonging to the priests will be the most sacred area and will lie south of the area that belongs to the Levites. 13 I will give the other half of my sacred land to the Levites. Their share will also be eight miles long and three miles wide, 14 and they must never sell or trade any of this land—it is the best land and belongs to me. 15 South of my sacred land will be a section eight miles long and two miles wide. It will not be sacred, but will belong to the people of Israel and will include the city of Jerusalem, together with its houses and pastureland. 16 The city will be a square: Each side will be a mile and a half long,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

they shall: Exodus 22:29, Leviticus 27:10, Leviticus 27:28, Leviticus 27:33

for: Ezekiel 48:12, Leviticus 23:20, Leviticus 27:9, Leviticus 27:32, Malachi 3:8-10

Reciprocal: Leviticus 25:23 - The land Deuteronomy 26:2 - That thou shalt Ezekiel 48:15 - for the city

Cross-References

Genesis 41:51
Their first son was named Manasseh, which means, "God has let me forget all my troubles and my family back home."
Genesis 48:17
Joseph did not like it when he saw his father place his right hand on the head of the younger son. So he tried to move his father's right hand from Ephraim's head and place it on Manasseh.
Genesis 48:18
Joseph said, "Father, you have made a mistake. This is the older boy. Put your right hand on him."
Genesis 48:19
But his father said, "Son, I know what I am doing. It's true that Manasseh's family will someday become a great nation. But Ephraim will be even greater than Manasseh, because his descendants will become many great nations."
Exodus 15:6
With the tremendous force of your right arm, our Lord , you crushed your enemies.
Numbers 8:10
where the people will place their hands on them.
Numbers 8:18
But now I have chosen these Levites as substitutes for the first-born sons,
Deuteronomy 34:9
Before Moses died, he had placed his hands on Joshua, and the Lord had given Joshua wisdom. The Israelites paid attention to what Joshua said and obeyed the commands that the Lord had given Moses.
Psalms 110:1

(A psalm by David.)

The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit at my right side, until I make your enemies into a footstool for you."
Psalms 118:16
With his mighty arm the Lord wins victories! The Lord is powerful!"

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And they shall not sell of it,.... Any part of it that is allotted to them, neither the priests nor the Levites; simony is not to be practised:

neither exchange; for any other land in lieu of it:

nor alienate the first fruits of the land; or appropriate them to any other use than that of the priests and Levites: whatever is appointed for ecclesiastic uses ought not to be converted to any other; nor should church privileges be parted with on any account: ministers and other officers, nay, even private Christians, should not part with their Christian liberty, nor with any of the doctrines and ordinances of the Gospel:

for it is holy unto the Lord; what is separated and devoted to religious uses is sacred to the Lord.


 
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