Ezekiel 20:19
17 Nevertheless mine eye spared them from destroying them, neither did I make an end of them in the wilderness.
18 But I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols:
I am the LORD your God; walk in my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them;
20 And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the LORD your God.
21 Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me: they walked not in my statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; they polluted my sabbaths: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against 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
- I am the LORD your God; walk in My statutes, keep My ordinances, and practice them.
- KJV
- I am the LORD your God; walk in my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them;
- WEB
- I am the LORD your God. Walk in my statutes, keep my ordinances, and do them.
- ASV
- I am Jehovah your God: walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them;
- DARBY
- I [am] Jehovah your God: walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them;
- BLB
- I [am] YHWH your⁺ God; in My statutes you must walk, and My ordinances you must keep and do them,
- ÅB
- Jeg er Herren deres Gud; følg mine bud og hold mine lover og gjør etter dem!
- OTB
- Jeg er Herren deres Gud; følg mine lover og vær nøye med å holde mine forordninger.
- B1930
- Jeg er Herren eders Gud; følg mine bud og hold mine lover og gjør efter dem!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ezekiel 36:27
And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 5:32–6:8
Ye shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
Read in contextPsalms 105:45
That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the LORD.
Read in contextJeremiah 3:22–23
Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the LORD our God.
Read in contextPsalms 81:9–10
There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.
Read in contextEzekiel 37:24
And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 12:1
These are the statutes and judgments, which ye shall observe to do in the land, which the LORD God of thy fathers giveth thee to possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth.
Read in contextEzekiel 11:20
That they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.
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