Ezekiel 20:11
9 But I acted for the sake of My name, that it should not be profaned in the eyes of the nations among whom they were living, in whose sight I had revealed Myself to Israel by bringing them out of the land of Egypt.
10 So I brought them out of the land of Egypt and led them into the wilderness.
And I gave them My statutes and made known to them My ordinances—for the man who does these things will live by them.
12 I also gave them My Sabbaths as a sign between us, so that they would know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them.
13 Yet the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness. They did not follow My statutes and they rejected My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they utterly profaned My Sabbaths. Then I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and put an end to them in the wilderness.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- And I gave them My statutes and made known to them My ordinances—for the man who does these things will live by them.
- KJV
- And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them.
- WEB
- I gave them my statutes and showed them my ordinances, which if a man does, he will live in them.
- ASV
- And I gave them my statutes, and showed them mine ordinances, which if a man do, he shall live in them.
- DARBY
- And I gave them my statutes, and made known unto them mine ordinances, which if a man do, he shall live by them.
- BLB
- And I gave to them My statutes, and I made known [to] them My judgments, which the man shall do them, and he will live by them.
- ÅB
- Og jeg gav dem mine bud og kunngjorde dem mine lover; for det menneske som holder dem, skal leve ved dem.
- OTB
- Jeg ga dem mine lover og informerte dem om mine forordninger, som et menneske skal leve ved hvis de adlyder dem.
- B1930
- Og jeg gav dem mine bud og kunngjorde dem mine lover; for det menneske som holder dem, skal leve ved dem.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Leviticus 18:5
Keep My statutes and My judgments, for the man who does these things will live by them. I am the LORD.
Read in contextRomans 10:5
For concerning the righteousness that is by the law, Moses writes: “The man who does these things will live by them.”
Read in contextGalatians 3:12
The law, however, is not based on faith; on the contrary, “The man who does these things will live by them.”
Read in contextDeuteronomy 4:8
And what nation is great enough to have righteous statutes and ordinances like this entire law I set before you today?
Read in contextLuke 10:28
“You have answered correctly,” Jesus said. “Do this and you will live.”
Read in contextEzekiel 20:13
Yet the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness. They did not follow My statutes and they rejected My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they utterly profaned My Sabbaths. Then I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and put an end to them in the wilderness.
Read in contextPsalms 147:19–20
He declares His word to Jacob, His statutes and judgments to Israel.
Read in contextNehemiah 9:13–14
You came down on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven. You gave them just ordinances, true laws, and good statutes and commandments.
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