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the Week of Proper 15 / Ordinary 20
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New Living Translation

Ezekiel 20:11

There I gave them my decrees and regulations so they could find life by keeping them.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Thompson Chain Reference - Life;   Life-Death;   Righteousness;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Law of Moses, the;   Sins, National;  

Dictionaries:

- Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Repentance;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Ezekiel, Book of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ezekiel;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Lead;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then I gave them my statutes and explained my ordinances to them—the person who does them will live by them.
Hebrew Names Version
I gave them my statutes, and shown them my ordinances, which if a man do, he shall live in them.
King James Version
And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them.
English Standard Version
I gave them my statutes and made known to them my rules, by which, if a person does them, he shall live.
New American Standard Bible
"I gave them My statutes and informed them of My ordinances, which, if a person follows them, then he will live by them.
New Century Version
I gave them my rules and told them about my laws, by which people will live if they obey them.
Amplified Bible
"I gave them My statutes and explained My ordinances to them, which, if a man keeps, he will live.
World English Bible
I gave them my statutes, and shown them my ordinances, which if a man do, he shall live in them.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And I gaue them my statutes, and declared my iudgements vnto them, which if a man doe, he shall liue in them.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"I gave them My statutes and informed them of My ordinances, by which, if a man observes them, he will live.
Legacy Standard Bible
I gave them My statutes and made them know My judgments, which, if a man does them, he will live by them.
Berean Standard Bible
And I gave them My statutes and made known to them My ordinances-for the man who does these things will live by them.
Contemporary English Version
I gave them my laws and teachings, so they would know how to live right.
Complete Jewish Bible
I gave them my laws and showed them my rulings; if a person obeys them, he will have life through them.
Darby Translation
And I gave them my statutes, and made known unto them mine ordinances, which if a man do, he shall live by them.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then I gave them my laws and told them all my rules. All those who obey them will live.
George Lamsa Translation
And I gave them my commandments and showed them my judgments, which if a man do he shall live by them.
Good News Translation
I gave them my commands and taught them my laws, which bring life to anyone who obeys them.
Lexham English Bible
and I gave my statutes to them, and my regulations I made known to them, which, if a person does them, then he will live by them.
Literal Translation
And I gave them My statutes, and I made them know My judgments, which if a man does them, he will even live by them.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
I gaue them my commaundementes, & shewed the my lawes: which who so kepeth shal lyue in them.
American Standard Version
And I gave them my statutes, and showed them mine ordinances, which if a man do, he shall live in them.
Bible in Basic English
And I gave them my rules and made clear to them my orders, which, if a man keeps them, will be life to him.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And I gave them My statutes, and taught them Mine ordinances, which if a man do, he shall live by them.
King James Version (1611)
And I gaue them my statutes, and shewed them my iudgements, which if a man doe, he shall euen liue in them.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
I gaue them my statutes, and shewed them my iudgementes: which whoso doeth, shall lyue in them.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And I gave them my commandments, and made known to them mine ordinances, all which if a man shall do, he shall even live in them.
English Revised Version
And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall live in them.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and Y yaf to hem my comaundementis, and Y schewide to hem my doomes, which a man schal do, and lyue in tho.
Update Bible Version
And I gave them my statutes, and showed them my ordinances, which if man does, he shall live in them.
Webster's Bible Translation
And I gave them my statutes, and showed them my judgments, which [if] a man doeth, he shall even live in them.
New English Translation
I gave them my statutes and revealed my regulations to them. The one who carries them out will live by them!
New King James Version
And I gave them My statutes and showed them My judgments, 'which, if a man does, he shall live by them.' Leviticus 18:5">[fn]
New Life Bible
I gave them My Laws and made known to them My Words, which bring life to anyone who obeys them.
New Revised Standard
I gave them my statutes and showed them my ordinances, by whose observance everyone shall live.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then gave I unto them my statutes, And my regulations, caused I them to know,- By the which the man that doeth them shall live.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And I gave them my statutes, and I shewed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall live in them.
Revised Standard Version
I gave them my statutes and showed them my ordinances, by whose observance man shall live.
Young's Literal Translation
And I give to them My statutes, And my judgments I caused them to know, Which the man who doth -- liveth by them.
THE MESSAGE
"‘I gave them laws for living, showed them how to live well and obediently before me. I also gave them my weekly holy rest days, my "Sabbaths," a kind of signpost erected between me and them to show them that I, God , am in the business of making them holy.

Contextual Overview

10 So I brought them out of Egypt and led them into the wilderness. 11 There I gave them my decrees and regulations so they could find life by keeping them. 12 And I gave them my Sabbath days of rest as a sign between them and me. It was to remind them that I am the Lord , who had set them apart to be holy. 13 "But the people of Israel rebelled against me, and they refused to obey my decrees there in the wilderness. They wouldn't obey my regulations even though obedience would have given them life. They also violated my Sabbath days. So I threatened to pour out my fury on them, and I made plans to utterly consume them in the wilderness. 14 But again I held back in order to protect the honor of my name before the nations who had seen my power in bringing Israel out of Egypt. 15 But I took a solemn oath against them in the wilderness. I swore I would not bring them into the land I had given them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the most beautiful place on earth. 16 For they had rejected my regulations, refused to follow my decrees, and violated my Sabbath days. Their hearts were given to their idols. 17 Nevertheless, I took pity on them and held back from destroying them in the wilderness. 18 "Then I warned their children not to follow in their parents' footsteps, defiling themselves with their idols. 19 ‘I am the Lord your God,' I told them. ‘Follow my decrees, pay attention to my regulations,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I gave: Deuteronomy 4:8, Nehemiah 9:13, Nehemiah 9:14, Psalms 147:19, Psalms 147:20, Romans 3:2

showed them: Heb. made them to know

which: Ezekiel 20:13, Ezekiel 20:21, Leviticus 18:5, Deuteronomy 20:15, Deuteronomy 20:16, Luke 10:28, Romans 10:5, Galatians 3:12

Reciprocal: Exodus 21:1 - the judgments Deuteronomy 4:1 - that ye may Deuteronomy 5:31 - General Deuteronomy 6:25 - General Nehemiah 9:6 - thou hast Nehemiah 9:29 - which Ezekiel 18:9 - he shall Ezekiel 33:15 - walk Hosea 8:12 - written Matthew 19:17 - but Mark 12:1 - and set Romans 2:13 - For not Romans 7:10 - General Romans 9:4 - the giving

Cross-References

Genesis 12:12
When the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife. Let's kill him; then we can have her!'
Genesis 20:1
Abraham moved south to the Negev and lived for a while between Kadesh and Shur, and then he moved on to Gerar. While living there as a foreigner,
Genesis 20:4
But Abimelech had not slept with her yet, so he said, "Lord, will you destroy an innocent nation?
Genesis 22:12
"Don't lay a hand on the boy!" the angel said. "Do not hurt him in any way, for now I know that you truly fear God. You have not withheld from me even your son, your only son."
Genesis 26:7
When the men who lived there asked Isaac about his wife, Rebekah, he said, "She is my sister." He was afraid to say, "She is my wife." He thought, "They will kill me to get her, because she is so beautiful."
Genesis 42:18
On the third day Joseph said to them, "I am a God-fearing man. If you do as I say, you will live.
Nehemiah 5:15
The former governors, in contrast, had laid heavy burdens on the people, demanding a daily ration of food and wine, besides forty pieces of silver. Even their assistants took advantage of the people. But because I feared God, I did not act that way.
Job 1:1
There once was a man named Job who lived in the land of Uz. He was blameless—a man of complete integrity. He feared God and stayed away from evil.
Job 28:28
And this is what he says to all humanity: ‘The fear of the Lord is true wisdom; to forsake evil is real understanding.'"
Psalms 14:4
Will those who do evil never learn? They eat up my people like bread and wouldn't think of praying to the Lord .

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And I gave them my statutes,.... The precepts of his law, the law on Mount Sinai, of which there were not the like among other nations; nor were they given unto them, but were a special gift unto Israel, and greatly to be valued, Deuteronomy 4:8;

and showed them judgments: the nature, use, and excellency of the the necessity and advantage of observing them: the same as before, called "statutes", because appointed, fixed, and certain, being of inviolable and lasting obligation; and "judgments", being according to strict justice and equity: these, though they were originally written on man's heart, yet so obliterated by sin that there was need not only of their being afresh written and published, but of their being taught and made known; or of pointing out the use of them, and obligation to them:

which [if] a man do, he shall live in them; or "by them" g; in the land of Canaan, enjoying all the blessings of a long and happy life: reference seems to be had to Leviticus 18:5. The Targum adds,

"in eternal life;''

but eternal life is not to be obtained by the works of the law, since no man can perfectly obey or fulfil it, but is the pure gift of the grace of God.

g בהם "per ea", Junius Tremellius, Polanus, Piscator "propter ea", Pagninus.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The probation in the wilderness. The promise was forfeited by those to whom it was first conditionally made, but was renewed to their children.

Ezekiel 20:11

The “statutes” were given on Mount Sinai, and repeated by Moses before his death (Exodus 20:1 ff; Deuteronomy 4:8).

In them - Or, through them: and in Ezekiel 20:13.

Ezekiel 20:12

See Exodus 31:13. The Sabbath was a sign of a special people, commemorative of the work of creation, and hallowed to the honor of Yahweh, the covenant-God. As man honored God by keeping the Sabbath holy, so by the Sabbath, God “sanctified” Israel and marked them as a holy people. Therefore to profane the Sabbath was to abjure their Divine Governor.

Ezekiel 20:13

My sabbaths they greatly polluted - Not by actual non-observance of the sabbatical rest in the wilderness, but in failing to make the day holy in deed as well as in name by earnest worship and true heart service.

Ezekiel 20:18

The book of Deuteronomy contains the address to “the children” of those who perished in the wilderness. The whole history of Israel was a repetition of this course. The covenant was made with one generation, broken by them, and then renewed to the next.

Ezekiel 20:25

The “judgments whereby they should not live” are those spoken of in Ezekiel 20:18, and are contrasted with the judgments in Ezekiel 20:13, Ezekiel 20:21, laws other than divine, to which God gives up those whom He afflicts with judicial blindness, because they have willfully closed their eyes, Psalms 81:12; Romans 1:24.

Ezekiel 20:26

To pass through - The word also means to “set apart,” as the firstborn to the Lord Exodus 13:12. They were bidden to “set apart” their firstborn males to the Lord. They “caused them to pass through the fire” to Moloch. An instance of their perversion of God’s laws.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezekiel 20:11. I gave them my statutes — I showed them what they should do in order to be safe, comfortable, wise, and happy; and what they should avoid in order to be uninjured in body, mind, and possessions. Had they attended to these things, they should have lived by them. They would have been holy, healthy, and happy.


 
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