Ezekiel 48:12

“And it shall be for them a portion set apart from the contribution of the land, a most holy place, beside the border of the Levites.”

Ezekiel 48:12 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 48:12, word by word

And it shall beהָיְתָהhayta

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

Where else “hayta” appears
a portion set apartתְּרוּמִיָּהterumiya

portion, offering

A portion set apart, an offering.

Where else “terumiya” appears
from the contributionתְּרוּמַתterumat

contribution

Contribution: what is set apart from one's goods to give to God; also a portion set aside or a gift.

Where else “terumat” appears
of the landאָרֶץarets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

Where else “arets” appears
a most holy placeקֹדֶשׁkodesh

sanctuary

The sacred enclosure where God was served: the sanctuary and its innermost room.

Where else “kodesh” appears
the borderגְּבוּלgevul

border

The border of a land.

Where else “gevul” appears
of the Levitesלְוִיִּםleviyim

Levite

Levite: of the tribe of Levi.

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The context

11For the priests who are consecrated, of the sons of Zadok, who kept my charge, who did not go astray when the sons of Israel went astray, as the Levites went astray.

12 · This verse (above)

13And the Levites shall have, corresponding to the border of the priests, twenty-five thousand in length and ten thousand in width; the whole length twenty-five thousand, and the width ten thousand.

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