Ezekiel Chapter 46 Vs. 16-18

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Ezekiel 46:16-18


Another topic related to freewill gifts is the Year of Jubilee. Every 50 years property was to revert to its original owners (Lev. 25:10-13). Ezekiel posed two hypothetical cases based on the generosity of the prince to show that the Year of Jubilee will be in force during the Millennium. If the prince will give part of his estate to one of his sons, it will also belong to his descendants. Properties given to a family member will not he returned in the Year of Jubilee. However… a gift made to a servant will not be permanent; the servant may keep it until the year of freedom; then it will revert to the prince.

This explains inheritance laws governing the prince. A gift to one of his sons is permanent, but a gift to a servant last only to the year of Jubilee, the 50th year and then returns to him, v17.

Because the land will belong to God, He will apportion it to Israel as His stewards. This regulation assures that no one individual will gain permanent control of the land. The land was given by God to each of the families of Israel. It was for them, and for their generations after them. It could not be permanently sold, or given, to anyone. It is the sons' land by right of inheritance. If it is sold temporarily, it will return to the family to whom it was allotted on the year of "jubilee" {fiftieth} year.

All land was sold with that in mind. The Israelites could not sell, or give away their inheritance except to a son, who it would belong to eventually anyway.

The year of liberty means the year of Jubilee.

The princes will not be allowed to claim any land outside his allotted inheritance. In contrast with evil princes in Ezekiel’s day (Eze. 45:8-9), the prince during the Millennium will not oppress the people or take their property. The prince might tax them, but he could not take their land. Their land was a perpetual inheritance from God. We see the reason for this is, because God wants them to remain from generation to generation in the Promised Land.



As in 45:8-9, the prince is not to confiscate other’s property to enlarge his own holdings, as often occurred in Israel’s history when rulers became rich by making others poor.