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Verse	Translation	Text
Eze 46:16	Strong Concordance	Thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069]; If the prince [05387] give [05414] a gift [04979] unto any [0376] of his sons [01121], the inheritance [05159] thereof shall be his sons [01121]'; it shall be their possession [0272] by inheritance [05159].
	King James	Thus saith the Lord GOD; If the prince give a gift unto any of his sons, the inheritance thereof shall be his sons'; it shall be their possession by inheritance.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
The prince's possession is to be inalienable, and any portion given to a servant is to revert to his sons at the year of jubilee, that he may have no temptation to spoil his people of their inheritance, as formerly (compare Ahab and Naboth, 1Ki. 21:1-29). The mention of the year of jubilee implies that there is something literal meant, besides the spiritual sense. The jubilee year was restored after the captivity [JOSEPHUS, Antiquities, 14.10,6; 1 Maccabees 6:49]. Perhaps it will be restored under Messiah's coming reign. Compare Isa 61:2-3, where "the acceptable year of the Lord" is closely connected with the comforting of the mourners in Zion, and "the day of vengeance" on Zion's foes. The mention of the prince's sons is another argument against Messiah being meant by "the prince."

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

The prince's possession is to be inalienable, and any portion given to a servant is to revert to his sons at the year of jubilee, that he may have no temptation to spoil his people of their inheritance, as formerly (compare Ahab and Naboth, 1Ki. 21:1-29). The mention of the year of jubilee implies that there is something literal meant, besides the spiritual sense. The jubilee year was restored after the captivity [JOSEPHUS, Antiquities, 14.10,6; 1 Maccabees 6:49]. Perhaps it will be restored under Messiah's coming reign. Compare Isa 61:2-3, where "the acceptable year of the Lord" is closely connected with the comforting of the mourners in Zion, and "the day of vengeance" on Zion's foes. The mention of the prince's sons is another argument against Messiah being meant by "the prince."

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
The prince was robe provided with possessions of his own, in order to prevent exactions from his subjects; further enactments are added to prevent the alienation of the prince's land. Any gifts made to his servants must revert to the prince in the "year of liberty," or jubilee (see the marginal reference note).

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
On the Right of the Prince to Dispose of his Landed Property Eze 46:16. Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, If the prince gives a present to one of his sons, it is his inheritance, shall belong to his sons; it is their possession, in an hereditary way. Eze 46:17. But if he gives a present from his inheritance to one of his servants, it shall belong to him till the year of liberty, and then return to the prince; to his sons alone shall his inheritance remain. Eze 46:18. And the prince shall not take from the inheritance of the people, so as to thrust them out of their possession; from his own possession he shall transmit to his sons, that no one of my people be scattered from his possession. - According to Eze 45:7-8, at the future division of the land among the tribes, a possession was to be given to the prince on both sides of the holy heave and of the city domain, that he might not seize upon a possession by force, as the former princes had done. The prince might give away portions of this royal property, but only within such limits that the design with which a regal possession had been granted might not be frustrated. To his sons, as his heirs, he might make gifts therefrom, which would remain their own property; but if he presented to any one of his servants a portion of his hereditary property, it was to revert to the prince in the year of liberty; just as, according to the Mosaic law, the hereditary field of an Israelite, which had been alienated, was to revert to its hereditary owner (Lev 27:24, compared with Lev 25:10-13). The suffix in נחלתו (Eze 46:16) is not to be taken as referring to the prince, and connected with the preceding words in opposition to the accents, but refers to אישׁ מבּניו. What the prince gives to one of his sons from his landed property shall be his נחלה, i.e., after the manner of an hereditary possession. On the other hand, what the prince presents to one of his servants shall not become hereditary in his case, but shall revert to the prince in the year of liberty, or the year of jubilee. The second half of Eze 46:17 reads verbally thus: "only his inheritance is it; as for his sons, it shall belong to them." - And as the prince was not to break up his regal possession by presents made to servants, so was he (Eze 46:18) also not to put any one out of his possession by force, for the purpose, say, of procuring property for his own sons; but was to give his sons their inheritance from his own property alone. For הונה, compare Eze 45:8, and such passages as Sa1 8:14; Sa1 22:7. We shall return by and by to the question, how this regulation stands related to the view that the prince is the Messiah.

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² To proclaim [07121] the acceptable [07522] year [08141] of the LORD [03068], and the day [03117] of vengeance [05359] of our God [0430]; to comfort [05162] all that mourn [057];
³ To appoint [07760] unto them that mourn [057] in Zion [06726], to give [05414] unto them beauty [06287] for ashes [0665], the oil [08081] of joy [08342] for mourning [060], the garment [04594] of praise [08416] for the spirit [07307] of heaviness [03544]; that they might be called [07121] trees [0352] of righteousness [06664], the planting [04302] of the LORD [03068], that he might be glorified [06286].

⁷ Then Saul [07586] said [0559] unto his servants [05650] that stood [05324] about him, Hear now [08085], ye Benjamites [01145]; will the son [01121] of Jesse [03448] give [05414] every one of you fields [07704] and vineyards [03754], and make [07760] you all captains [08269] of thousands [0505], and captains [08269] of hundreds [03967];

¹⁴ And he will take [03947] your fields [07704], and your vineyards [03754], and your oliveyards [02132], even the best [02896] of them, and give [05414] them to his servants [05650].

⁸ In the land [0776] shall be his possession [0272] in Israel [03478]: and my princes [05387] shall no more oppress [03238] my people [05971]; and the rest of the land [0776] shall they give [05414] to the house [01004] of Israel [03478] according to their tribes [07626].

¹⁸ Moreover the prince [05387] shall not take [03947] of the people's [05971] inheritance [05159] by oppression [03238], to thrust [03238] them out of their possession [0272]; but he shall give his sons [01121] inheritance [05157] out of his own possession [0272]: that my people [05971] be not scattered [06327] every man [0376] from his possession [0272].

¹⁷ But if he give [05414] a gift [04979] of his inheritance [05159] to one [0259] of his servants [05650], then it shall be his to the year [08141] of liberty [01865]; after it shall return [07725] to the prince [05387]: but his inheritance [05159] shall be his sons [01121]' for them.

¹⁶ Thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069]; If the prince [05387] give [05414] a gift [04979] unto any [0376] of his sons [01121], the inheritance [05159] thereof shall be his sons [01121]'; it shall be their possession [0272] by inheritance [05159].

¹⁰ And ye shall hallow [06942] the fiftieth [02572] [08141] year [08141], and proclaim [07121] liberty [01865] throughout all the land [0776] unto all the inhabitants [03427] thereof: it shall be a jubile [03104] unto you; and ye shall return [07725] every man [0376] unto his possession [0272], and ye shall return [07725] every man [0376] unto his family [04940].
¹¹ A jubile [03104] shall that fiftieth [02572] [08141] year [08141] be unto you: ye shall not sow [02232], neither reap [07114] that which groweth [05599] of itself in it, nor gather [01219] the grapes in it of thy vine undressed [05139].
¹² For it is the jubile [03104]; it shall be holy [06944] unto you: ye shall eat [0398] the increase [08393] thereof out of the field [07704].
¹³ In the year [08141] of this jubile [03104] ye shall return [07725] every man [0376] unto his possession [0272].

²⁴ In the year [08141] of the jubile [03104] the field [07704] shall return [07725] unto him of whom it was bought [07069], even to him to whom the possession [0272] of the land [0776] did belong.

⁷ And a portion shall be for the prince [05387] on the one side and on the other side of the oblation [08641] of the holy [06944] portion, and of the possession [0272] of the city [05892], before [06440] the oblation [08641] of the holy [06944] portion, and before [06440] the possession [0272] of the city [05892], from the west [03220] side [06285] westward [03220], and from the east [06924] side [06285] eastward [06921]: and the length [0753] shall be over against [05980] one [0259] of the portions [02506], from the west [03220] border [01366] unto the east [06921] border [01366].
⁸ In the land [0776] shall be his possession [0272] in Israel [03478]: and my princes [05387] shall no more oppress [03238] my people [05971]; and the rest of the land [0776] shall they give [05414] to the house [01004] of Israel [03478] according to their tribes [07626].