Ezekiel 44:29

Verse

They shall eat the grain offerings, the sin offerings, and the guilt offerings. Everything in Israel devoted to the LORD will belong to them.

American Standard Version (1901)

They shall eat the meal-offering, and the sin-offering, and the trespass-offering; and every devoted thing in Israel shall be theirs.

Bible in Basic English

Their food is to be the meal offering and the sin-offering and the offering for error; and everything given specially to the Lord in Israel will be theirs.

Douay-Rheims 1899

They shall eat the victim both for sin and for trespass: and every vowed thing in Israel shall be theirs.

Free Bible Version

They are to eat the grain offerings, sin offerings, and guilt offerings. Everything brought by the people of Israel and dedicated to the Lord will be theirs.

King James (Authorized) Version

They shall eat the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering; and every dedicated thing in Israel shall be theirs.

Translation for Translators

They will eat the offerings other people make from grain, offerings to remove people’s guilt for having sinned, and offerings made when people fail to give to Yahweh the things that they are required to give. Everything else in Israel that is completely dedicated to me, Yahweh, will belong to the priests.

Unlocked Literal Bible

They will eat the food offerings, the sin offerings, the guilt offerings, and everything devoted to Yahweh in Israel, will be theirs.

Noah Webster Bible

They shall eat the meat-offering, and the sin-offering, and the trespass-offering; and every dedicated thing in Israel shall be theirs.

World English Bible

They shall eat the meal offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering; and every devoted thing in Israel shall be theirs.

Young's Literal Translation

The present, and the sin-offering, and the guilt-offering, they do eat, and every devoted thing in Israel is theirs.

Context

The Duties of the Priests

²⁸In regard to their inheritance, I am their inheritance. You are to give them no possession in Israel, for I am their possession.²⁹They shall eat the grain offerings, the sin offerings, and the guilt offerings. Everything in Israel devoted to the LORD will belong to them.³⁰The best of all the firstfruits and of every contribution from all your offerings will belong to the priests. You are to give your first batch of dough to the priest, so that a blessing may rest upon your homes.

Summary

In this verse, the priests are reminded of their responsibility to separate the holy from the common and clean from the unclean. They are to teach the people the difference between what is sacred and what is profane, guiding them in upholding God's standards. This instruction emphasizes the importance of spiritual discernment and obedience to God's laws. By maintaining these distinctions, the priests help the people honor God and live in accordance with His will, fostering a community dedicated to holiness and righteousness.

Commentary

John Gill

John Gill Bible Commentary

They shall eat the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering,.... Which were typical of Christ; the meat offering, or rather bread offering, it being made of fine flour, was a type of Christ the bread of life; and the sin and trespass offerings pointed at his being made sin and a sacrifice for it; which the people and priests of the Lord in a spiritual sense eat, feed, and live upon by faith: and besides, as the priests under the law had a part in all these offerings, whereby they and their families were maintained, Lev 2:3, so it is the will and ordination of Christ, that as those that ministered about holy things, and waited at the altar, should live of them, and partake with that, so they that preach the Gospel should live by it, Co1 9:13, and every dedicated thing in Israel shall be theirs; or, "every devoted thing" (s); that is, to holy uses, what the people willingly offer to support the interest of religion; signifying that the ministers of the word shall live upon the free contributions of the people. (s) "omne anathema", Montanus, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator; "omne devotum", Cocceius, Starckius.