Ezekiel 20:15

Moreover also I swore to 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,

World English Bible

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 worked for my name’s sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I brought them out.

16because they rejected my ordinances, and didn’t walk in my statutes, and profaned my Sabbaths; for their heart went after their idols.

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Cross References

Numbers 26:64But among these there was not a man of them who were counted by Moses and Aaron the priest, who counted the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai.

Deuteronomy 1:35“Surely not one of these men of this evil generation shall see the good land which I swore to give to your fathers,

Psalms 106:26Therefore he swore to them that he would overthrow them in the wilderness,

Ezekiel 20:23Moreover I swore to them in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them through the countries,

Hebrews 3:18To whom did he swear that they wouldn’t enter into his rest, but to those who were disobedient?

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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