Ezekiel 46:18
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Moreover the prince shall not take of the people’s inheritance by oppression, to thrust them out of their possession; but he shall give his sons inheritance out of his own possession: that my people be not scattered every man from his possession.The prince must not take any of the inheritance of the people by evicting them from their property. He is to provide an inheritance for his sons from his own property, so that none of My people will be displaced from his property.’”
In other translations
Moreover the prince shall not take of the people’s inheritance by oppression, to thrust them out of their possession; but he shall give his sons inheritance out of his own possession: that my people be not scattered every man from his possession.The prince must not take any of the inheritance of the people by evicting them from their property. He is to provide an inheritance for his sons from his own property, so that none of My people will be displaced from his property.’”
Hebrew words
וְלֹא־velo'-and notH3808יִקַּחyikachhe will take awayH3947הַנָּשִׂיאhanasi'the princeH5387מִנַּחֲלַתminachalatany of [the] inheritance ofH5159הָעָםha'amthe peopleH5971לְהוֹנֹתָםlehonotamto oppress themH3238מֵאֲחֻזָּתָםme'achuzatamfrom possession theirH272מֵאֲחֻזָּתוֹme'achuzatosome of own possession hisH272יַנְחִלyanchilhe will cause to inheritH5157אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853בָּנָיוbanavsons hisH1121לְמַעַןlema'anso thatH4616אֲשֶׁר'asherthatH834לֹא־lo'-notH3808יָפֻצוּyafutzuthey will be scatteredH6327עַמִּי'amipeople myH5971אִישׁ'ishanyoneH376מֵאֲחֻזָּתוֹ׃me'achuzatofrom possession hisH272
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