Ezekiel 48:12
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It will be a special portion for them set apart from the land, a most holy portion adjacent to the territory of the Levites.
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It will be a holy portion of the land to be used by the priests who minister in the sanctuary, who draw near to minister before the LORD. It will be a place for their houses, as well as a holy area for the sanctuary.
When the field is released in the Jubilee, it will become holy, like a field devoted to the LORD; it becomes the property of the priests.