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Ezekiel 46:16-18

16Thus saithאָמַ֞ר'a.MarH559the Lordאֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.NaiH136Yhwhיְהֹוִ֗הYah.wehH3069;If the princeהַנָּשִׂ֤יאha.na.Si'H5387giveיִתֵּ֨ןyi.TenH5414a giftמַתָּנָה֙ma.ta.NahH4979unto anyלְאִ֣ישׁle.'IshH376of his sonsמִבָּנָ֔יוmi.ba.NavH1121,the inheritanceנַחֲלָת֥וֹna.cha.la.ToH5159thereof shall be his sons’לְבָנָ֣יוle.va.NavH1121; it shall betheir possessionאֲחֻזָּתָ֥ם'a.chu.za.TamH272by inheritanceבְּנַחֲלָֽה׃be.na.cha.LahH5159.

17But if he giveיִתֵּ֨ןyi.TenH5414a giftמַתָּנָ֜הma.ta.NahH4979of his inheritanceמִנַּחֲלָת֗וֹmi.na.cha.la.ToH5159to oneלְאַחַד֙le.'a.ChadH259of his servantsמֵֽעֲבָדָ֔יוme.'a.va.DavH5650,then it shall be his to the yearשְׁנַ֣תshe.NatH8141of libertyהַדְּר֔וֹרha.de.RorH1865;after it shall returnוְשָׁבַ֖תve.sha.VatH7725to the princeלַנָּשִׂ֑יאla.na.Si'H5387:but his inheritanceנַחֲלָת֔וֹna.cha.la.ToH5159shall be his sons’בָּנָ֖יוba.NavH1121for them.

18Moreover the princeהַנָּשִׂ֜יאha.na.Si'H5387shall not takeיִקַּ֨חyi.KachH3947of the people’sהָעָ֗םha.'AmH5971inheritanceמִנַּחֲלַ֣תmi.na.cha.LatH5159by oppressionH3238,to thrustH3238them out of their possessionמֵאֲחֻזָּתָ֔םme.'a.chu.za.TamH272; buthe shall give his sonsבָּנָ֑יוba.NavH1121inheritanceיַנְחִ֣לyan.ChilH5157out of his own possessionמֵאֲחֻזָּת֖וֹme.'a.chu.za.ToH272:that my peopleעַמִּ֔י'a.MiH5971be not scatteredיָפֻ֣צוּya.Fu.tzuH6327every manאִ֖ישׁ'ishH376from his possessionמֵאֲחֻזָּתֽוֹ׃me.'a.chu.za.ToH272.

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