Ezekiel 20:11
I gave them all my laws and decrees [DOU], in order that they would obey them, and as a result they would live for a long time.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
In Context
10Therefore I led them out of Egypt and brought them into the desert.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:5“Note that I have taught you all the rules and regulations, just like Yahweh our God told me to do. He wants you to obey them when you are living in the land that you are about to enter and occupy.
Deuteronomy 20:15You should do that in all the cities that are far from the land in which you will settle.
Nehemiah 9:13“When our ancestors were at Sinai Mountain, you came down from heaven and spoke to them. You gave them many regulations and instructions that are just and reliable, and you gave them commands and laws that are good.
Psalms 147:19He sent his message to the descendants of Jacob; he tells to his Israeli people the laws and regulations that he had decreed.
Ezekiel 18:9He faithfully obeys all [DOU] my laws. That man is truly righteous; he will remain alive. That is what I, Yahweh the Lord, promise.
Ezekiel 20:21But their children also rebelled against me. They did not carefully obey my laws [DOU], even though the people who obey them will live for a long time; and they profaned the Sabbath days. So again I said that by getting rid of them in the desert, I would show that I was very angry with them.
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 →