Ezekiel 20:15

And so I lifted up my hand over them in the desert, so as not to lead them into the land that I had given to them, flowing with milk and honey, the foremost of all lands.

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In The King James Version

Yet also I lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands;

In Context

14But I acted for the sake of my name, lest it be violated before the Gentiles, from whom I cast them out, in their sight.

16For they cast aside my judgments, and they did not walk in my precepts, and they violated my Sabbaths. For their heart went after idols.

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Cross References

Numbers 26:64Among these, not one of them was numbered before, by Moses and Aaron in the desert of Sinai.

Deuteronomy 1:35‘None of the men of this wicked generation will see the good land, which I have promised by oath to your fathers,

Psalms 106:26They ascend even to the heavens, and they descend even to the abyss. Their soul will waste away in distress.

Ezekiel 20:23Again, I lifted up my hand against them, in the wilderness, so that I would disperse them among the nations, and scatter them among the lands.

Hebrews 3:18But to whom did he swear that they would not enter into his rest, except to those who were incredulous?

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 20:11-27

The Privileges and Sins of Israel. ( b. c. 592.) 10 Wherefore I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt, and brought them into the wilderness. 11 And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them. 12 Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the Lord that sanctify them. 13 But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my… Read the whole commentary →

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