Ezekiel 48:12
Strong's Lexicon
It will be
וְהָיְתָ֨ה (wə·hā·yə·ṯāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: 1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) ----- 1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass 1a1b) to come about, come to pass 1a2) to come into being, become 1a2a) to arise, appear, come 1a2b) to become 1a2b1) to become 1a2b2) to become like 1a2b3) to be instituted, be established 1a3) to be 1a3a) to exist, be in existence 1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time) 1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality) 1a3d) to accompany, be with 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about 1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone

a special portion
תְּרוּמִיָּ֛ה (tə·rū·mî·yāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8642: 1) portion, contribution, what belongs to a contribution or attendant or secondary contribution or subdivision

for them
לָהֶ֧ם (lā·hem)
Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew :

set apart
מִתְּרוּמַ֥ת (mit·tə·rū·maṯ)
Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 8641: 1) contribution, offering 1a) a heave offering 1b) any offering 1c) an offering to God 1d) an offering (of grain, money, etc) 1e) contribution

from the land,
הָאָ֖רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 776: 1) land, earth 1a) earth 1a1) whole earth (as opposed to a part) 1a2) earth (as opposed to heaven) 1a3) earth (inhabitants) 1b) land 1b1) country, territory 1b2) district, region 1b3) tribal territory 1b4) piece of ground 1b5) land of Canaan, Israel 1b6) inhabitants of land 1b7) Sheol, land without return, (under) world 1b8) city (-state) 1c) ground, surface of the earth 1c1) ground 1c2) soil 1d) (in phrases) 1d1) people of the land 1d2) space or distance of country (in measurements of distance) 1d3) level or plain country 1d4) land of the living 1d5) end(s) of the earth 1e) (almost wholly late in usage) 1e1) lands, countries 1e1a) often in contrast to Canaan

a Most Holy portion
קֹ֣דֶשׁ (qō·ḏeš)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6944: 1) apartness, holiness, sacredness, separateness 1a) apartness, sacredness, holiness 1a1) of God 1a2) of places 1a3) of things 1b) set-apartness, separateness

קָדָשִׁ֑ים (qā·ḏā·šîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6944: 1) apartness, holiness, sacredness, separateness 1a) apartness, sacredness, holiness 1a1) of God 1a2) of places 1a3) of things 1b) set-apartness, separateness

adjacent to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 413: 1) to, toward, unto (of motion) 2) into (limit is actually entered) 2a) in among 3) toward (of direction, not necessarily physical motion) 4) against (motion or direction of a hostile character) 5) in addition to, to 6) concerning, in regard to, in reference to, on account of 7) according to (rule or standard) 8) at, by, against (of one's presence) 9) in between, in within, to within, unto (idea of motion to)

the territory
גְּב֖וּל (gə·ḇūl)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1366: 1) border, territory 1a) border 1b) territory (enclosed within boundary) 1c) region, territory (of darkness) (fig.)

of the Levites.
הַלְוִיִּֽם׃ (hal·wî·yim)
Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3881: Levite = see Levi 'joined to' 1) the descendants of Levi, the 3rd son of Jacob by Leah 1a) the tribe descended from Levi specially set aside by God for His service

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
It will be a special portion for them set apart from the land, a most holy portion adjacent to the territory of the Levites.

Young's Literal Translation
even the heave-offering hath been to them, out of the heave-offering of the land, most holy, by the border of the Levites.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
It will be a special donation for them out of the holy donation of the land, a most holy place adjacent to the territory of the Levites.

New American Standard Bible
"It shall be an allotment to them from the allotment of the land, a most holy place, by the border of the Levites.

King James Bible
And [this] oblation of the land that is offered shall be unto them a thing most holy by the border of the Levites.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
It will be a special gift to them from the sacred portion of the land, a most holy portion, bordering the territory of the Levites.

New Living Translation
It will be their special portion when the land is distributed, the most sacred land of all. Next to the priests' territory will lie the land where the other Levites will live.

English Standard Version
And it shall belong to them as a special portion from the holy portion of the land, a most holy place, adjoining the territory of the Levites.

New American Standard Bible
"It shall be an allotment to them from the allotment of the land, a most holy place, by the border of the Levites.

King James Bible
And this oblation of the land that is offered shall be unto them a thing most holy by the border of the Levites.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
It will be a special donation for them out of the holy donation of the land, a most holy place adjacent to the territory of the Levites."

International Standard Version
It is to be a Terumah for them from the allotment of the land, a Most Holy Place, adjoining the border of the descendants of Levi."

NET Bible
It will be their portion from the allotment of the land, a most holy place, next to the border of the Levites.

American Standard Version
And it shall be unto them an oblation from the oblation of the land, a thing most holy, by the border of the Levites.

English Revised Version
And it shall be unto them an oblation from the oblation of the land, a thing most holy, by the border of the Levites.

Young's Literal Translation
even the heave-offering hath been to them, out of the heave-offering of the land, most holy, by the border of the Levites.
















Cross References
Ezekiel 48:11
It shall be for the priests that are sanctified of the sons of Zadok; which have kept my charge, which went not astray when the children of Israel went astray, as the Levites went astray.

Ezekiel 48:13
And over against the border of the priests the Levites shall have five and twenty thousand in length, and ten thousand in breadth: all the length shall be five and twenty thousand, and the breadth ten thousand.

Ezekiel 1:1
Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.

Ezekiel 48:10
And for them, even for the priests, shall be this holy oblation; toward the north five and twenty thousand in length, and toward the west ten thousand in breadth, and toward the east ten thousand in breadth, and toward the south five and twenty thousand in length: and the sanctuary of the LORD shall be in the midst thereof.

Ezekiel 48:9
The oblation that ye shall offer unto the LORD shall be of five and twenty thousand in length, and of ten thousand in breadth.

Ezekiel 48:14
And they shall not sell of it, neither exchange, nor alienate the firstfruits of the land: for it is holy unto the LORD.

Ezekiel 48:15
And the five thousand, that are left in the breadth over against the five and twenty thousand, shall be a profane place for the city, for dwelling, and for suburbs: and the city shall be in the midst thereof.
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