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15 The lamb, the grain offering, and the oil must be offered every morning as an established holocaust.

16 The Prince’s Inheritance. Thus says the Lord God: If the prince makes a gift of a portion of his inheritance to any of his sons, it will belong to his sons. That gift becomes their property by inheritance. 17 However, if he makes a gift of a portion of his inheritance to one of his servants, it will belong to that servant until the year of liberation; then it must revert to the prince. Only the sons of the prince may rightfully keep their inheritance.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 46:17 This regulation was meant to hinder the dispersal of the nation’s patrimony.

15 So the lamb and the grain offering and the oil shall be provided morning by morning for a regular(A) burnt offering.(B)

16 “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: If the prince makes a gift from his inheritance to one of his sons, it will also belong to his descendants; it is to be their property by inheritance.(C) 17 If, however, he makes a gift from his inheritance to one of his servants, the servant may keep it until the year of freedom;(D) then it will revert to the prince. His inheritance belongs to his sons only; it is theirs.

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