Ezekiel 48:19
Good News Translation
Anyone who lives in the city, no matter which tribe he comes from, may farm that land.

New Revised Standard Version
The workers of the city, from all the tribes of Israel, shall cultivate it.

Contemporary English Version
People from the city will farm the land, no matter which tribe they belong to.

New American Bible
The workers of the city, from all the tribes of Israel, shall cultivate it.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they that serve the city, shall serve it out of all the tribes of Israel.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And they that serve the city, shall serve it out of all the tribes of Israel.

shall serve.

Ezekiel 45:6 And you shall appoint the possession of the city five thousand broad, and five and twenty thousand long, according to the separation of the sanctuary, for the whole house of Israel.

1 Kings 4:7-23 And Solomon had twelve governors over all Israel, who provided victuals for the king and for his house hold: for every one provided necessaries, each man his month in the year. . . .

Nehemiah 11:1-36 And the princes of the people dwelt at Jerusalem: but the rest of the people cast lots, to take one part in ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts in the other cities. . . .

Context
The Portion for the Priests
18And the residue in length by the firstfruits of the sanctuary, ten thousand toward the east, and ten thousand toward the west, shall be as the firstfruits of the sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be for bread to them that serve the city. 19And they that serve the city, shall serve it out of all the tribes of Israel.20All the firstfruits, of five and twenty thousand, by five and twenty thousand foursquare, shall be set apart for the firstfruits of the sanctuary, and for the possession of the city.…
Cross References
Ezekiel 48:18
And the residue in length by the firstfruits of the sanctuary, ten thousand toward the east, and ten thousand toward the west, shall be as the firstfruits of the sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be for bread to them that serve the city.

Ezekiel 48:20
All the firstfruits, of five and twenty thousand, by five and twenty thousand foursquare, shall be set apart for the firstfruits of the sanctuary, and for the possession of the city.

Ezekiel 48:18
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