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29 (A)The grain offerings, the sin offerings, and the repayment offerings will be the priests' food, and they are to receive everything in Israel that is set apart for me. 30 The priests are to have the best of all the first harvest and of everything else that is offered to me. Each time the people bake bread, they are to give the priests the first loaf as an offering, and my blessing will rest on their homes. 31 (B)The priests must not eat any bird or animal that dies a natural death or is killed by another animal.”

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29 They will eat(A) the grain offerings, the sin offerings and the guilt offerings; and everything in Israel devoted[a] to the Lord(B) will belong to them.(C) 30 The best of all the firstfruits(D) and of all your special gifts will belong to the priests. You are to give them the first portion of your ground meal(E) so that a blessing(F) may rest on your household.(G) 31 The priests must not eat anything, whether bird or animal, found dead(H) or torn by wild animals.(I)

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Footnotes

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