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28 (A)I will be their heritage: I am their heritage! You shall not give them any property in Israel, for I am their property! 29 (B)They shall eat grain offerings, purification offerings, and reparation offerings; anything under the ban[a] in Israel belongs to them; 30 (C)all the choicest first fruits of every kind and all the best of your offerings of every kind shall belong to the priests; the best of your dough you shall also give to the priests to bring a blessing upon your house.

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  1. 44:29 Under the ban: dedicated to the Lord.

28 “‘I am to be the only inheritance(A) the priests have. You are to give them no possession in Israel; I will be their possession. 29 They will eat(B) the grain offerings, the sin offerings and the guilt offerings; and everything in Israel devoted[a] to the Lord(C) will belong to them.(D) 30 The best of all the firstfruits(E) and of all your special gifts will belong to the priests. You are to give them the first portion of your ground meal(F) so that a blessing(G) may rest on your household.(H)

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  1. Ezekiel 44:29 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord.