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Selected Verse: Ezekiel 20:10 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Eze 20:10 |
Strong Concordance |
Wherefore I caused them to go forth [03318] out of the land [0776] of Egypt [04714], and brought [0935] them into the wilderness [04057]. |
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King James |
Wherefore I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt, and brought them into the wilderness. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
The probation in the wilderness. The promise was forfeited by those to whom it was first conditionally made, but was renewed to their children.
Eze 20:11
The "statutes" were given on Mount Sinai, and repeated by Moses before his death (Exo 20:1 ff; Deu 4:8).
In them - Or, through them: and in Eze 20:13.
Eze 20:12
See Exo 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.
Eze 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.
Eze 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.
Eze 20:25
The "judgments whereby they should not live" are those spoken of in Eze 20:18, and are contrasted with the judgments in Eze 20:13, Eze 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, Psa 81:12; Rom 1:24.
Eze 20:26
To pass through - The word also means to "set apart," as the firstborn to the Lord Exo 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. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
Behaviour of Israel in the Desert
Eze 20:10. And I led them out of the land of Egypt, and brought them into the desert; Eze 20:11. And gave them my statutes, and my rights I made known to them, which man is to do that he may live through them. Eze 20:12. I also gave them my Sabbaths, that they might be for a sign between me and them, that they might now that I Jehovah sanctify them. Eze 20:13. But the house of Israel was rebellious against me in the desert: they did not walk in my statutes, and my rights they rejected, which man is to do, that he may live through them, and my Sabbaths they greatly profaned: Then I thought to pour out my wrath upon them in the desert to destroy them. Eze 20:14. But I did it for my name's sake, that it might not be profaned before the eyes of the nations, before whose eyes I had led them out. Eze 20:15. I also lifted my hand to them in the desert, not to bring them into the land which I had given (them), which floweth with milk and honey; it is an ornament of all lands, Eze 20:16. Because they rejected my rights, did not walk in my statutes, and profaned my Sabbaths, for their heart went after their idols. Eze 20:17. But my eye looked with pity upon them, so that I did not destroy them, and make an end of them in the desert. - God gave laws at Sinai to the people whom He had brought out of Egypt, through which they were to be sanctified as His own people, that they might live before God. On Eze 20:11 compare Deu 30:16 and Deu 30:19. Eze 20:12 is taken almost word for word from Exo 31:13, where God concludes the directions for His worship by urging upon the people in the most solemn manner the observance of His Sabbaths, and thereby pronounces the keeping of the Sabbath the kernel of all divine worship. And as in that passage we are to understand by the Sabbaths the actual weekly Sabbaths, and not the institutions of worship as a whole, so here we must retain the literal signification of the word. It is only of the Sabbath recurring every week, and not of all the fasts, that it could be said it was a sign between Jehovah and Israel. It was a sign, not as a token, that they who observed it were Israelites, as Hitzig supposes, but to know (that they might know) that Jehovah was sanctifying them, namely, by the Sabbath rest - as a refreshing and elevation of the mind, in which Israel was to have a foretaste of that blessed resting from all works to which the people of God was ultimately to attain (see the comm. on Exo 20:11). It is from this deeper signification of the Sabbath that the prominence given to the Sabbaths here is to be explained, and not from the outward circumstance that in exile, when the sacrificial worship was necessarily suspended, the keeping of the Sabbath as the only bond which united the Israelites, so far as the worship of God was concerned (Hitzig). Historical examples of the rebellion of Israel against the commandments of God in the desert are given in ex. Eze 32:1-6 and Num 25:1-3; and of the desecration of the Sabbath, in ex. Eze 16:27 and Num 15:32. For the threat referred to in Eze 20:13, compare Exo 32:10; Num 14:11-12. - Eze 20:15 and Eze 20:16 are not a repetition of Eze 20:13 (Hitzig); nor do they introduce a limitation of Eze 20:14 (Kliefoth). They simply relate what else God did to put bounds to the rebellion after He had revoked the decree to cut Israel off, at the intercession of Moses (Num 14:11-19). He lifted His hand to the oath (Num 14:21.), that the generation which had come out of Egypt should not come into the land of Canaan, but should die in the wilderness. Therewith He looked with pity upon the people, so that He did not make an end of them by following up the threat with a promise that the children should enter the land. עשׂה כלה, as in Eze 11:13. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| I caused them to go forth - Though greatly oppressed and degraded, they were not willing to leave their house of bondage. I was obliged to force them away. |
12 That thou shalt set apart [05674] unto the LORD [03068] all that openeth [06363] the matrix [07358], and every firstling [06363] that cometh [07698] of a beast [0929] which thou hast; the males [02145] shall be the LORD'S [03068].
26 And I polluted [02930] them in their own gifts [04979], in that they caused to pass through [05674] the fire all that openeth [06363] the womb [07356], that I might make them desolate [08074], to the end that they might know [03045] that I am the LORD [03068].
24 Wherefore [1352] God [2316] also [2532] gave [3860] them [846] up [3860] to [1519] uncleanness [167] through [1722] the lusts [1939] of their own [846] hearts [2588], to dishonour [818] their own [846] bodies [4983] between [1722] themselves [1438]:
12 So I gave them up [07971] unto their own hearts [03820]' lust [08307]: and they walked [03212] in their own counsels [04156].
21 Notwithstanding the children [01121] rebelled [04784] against me: they walked [01980] not in my statutes [02708], neither kept [08104] my judgments [04941] to do [06213] them, which if a man [0120] do [06213], he shall even live [02425] in them; they polluted [02490] my sabbaths [07676]: then I said [0559], I would pour out [08210] my fury [02534] upon them, to accomplish [03615] my anger [0639] against them in the wilderness [04057].
13 But the house [01004] of Israel [03478] rebelled [04784] against me in the wilderness [04057]: they walked [01980] not in my statutes [02708], and they despised [03988] my judgments [04941], which if a man [0120] do [06213], he shall even live [02425] in them; and my sabbaths [07676] they greatly [03966] polluted [02490]: then I said [0559], I would pour out [08210] my fury [02534] upon them in the wilderness [04057], to consume [03615] them.
18 But I said [0559] unto their children [01121] in the wilderness [04057], Walk [03212] ye not in the statutes [02706] of your fathers [01], neither observe [08104] their judgments [04941], nor defile [02930] yourselves with their idols [01544]:
25 Wherefore I gave [05414] them also statutes [02706] that were not good [02896], and judgments [04941] whereby they should not live [02421];
18 But I said [0559] unto their children [01121] in the wilderness [04057], Walk [03212] ye not in the statutes [02706] of your fathers [01], neither observe [08104] their judgments [04941], nor defile [02930] yourselves with their idols [01544]:
13 But the house [01004] of Israel [03478] rebelled [04784] against me in the wilderness [04057]: they walked [01980] not in my statutes [02708], and they despised [03988] my judgments [04941], which if a man [0120] do [06213], he shall even live [02425] in them; and my sabbaths [07676] they greatly [03966] polluted [02490]: then I said [0559], I would pour out [08210] my fury [02534] upon them in the wilderness [04057], to consume [03615] them.
13 Speak [01696] thou also unto the children [01121] of Israel [03478], saying [0559], Verily [0389] my sabbaths [07676] ye shall keep [08104]: for it is a sign [0226] between me and you throughout your generations [01755]; that ye may know [03045] that I am the LORD [03068] that doth sanctify [06942] you.
12 Moreover also I gave [05414] them my sabbaths [07676], to be a sign [0226] between me and them, that they might know [03045] that I am the LORD [03068] that sanctify [06942] them.
13 But the house [01004] of Israel [03478] rebelled [04784] against me in the wilderness [04057]: they walked [01980] not in my statutes [02708], and they despised [03988] my judgments [04941], which if a man [0120] do [06213], he shall even live [02425] in them; and my sabbaths [07676] they greatly [03966] polluted [02490]: then I said [0559], I would pour out [08210] my fury [02534] upon them in the wilderness [04057], to consume [03615] them.
8 And what nation [01471] is there so great [01419], that hath statutes [02706] and judgments [04941] so righteous [06662] as all this law [08451], which I set [05414] before [06440] you this day [03117]?
1 And God [0430] spake [01696] all these words [01697], saying [0559],
11 And I gave [05414] them my statutes [02708], and shewed [03045] them my judgments [04941], which if a man [0120] do [06213], he shall even live [02425] in them.
13 And it came to pass, when I prophesied [05012], that Pelatiah [06410] the son [01121] of Benaiah [01141] died [04191]. Then fell I down [05307] upon my face [06440], and cried [02199] with a loud [01419] voice [06963], and said [0559], Ah [0162] Lord [0136] GOD [03069]! wilt thou make [06213] a full end [03617] of the remnant [07611] of Israel [03478]?
21 But as truly [0199] as I live [02416], all the earth [0776] shall be filled [04390] with the glory [03519] of the LORD [03068].
11 And the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto Moses [04872], How long will this people [05971] provoke [05006] me? and how long will it be ere [03808] they believe [0539] me, for all the signs [0226] which I have shewed [06213] among [07130] them?
12 I will smite [05221] them with the pestilence [01698], and disinherit [03423] them, and will make [06213] of thee a greater [01419] nation [01471] and mightier [06099] than they.
13 And Moses [04872] said [0559] unto the LORD [03068], Then the Egyptians [04714] shall hear [08085] it, (for thou broughtest up [05927] this people [05971] in thy might [03581] from among [07130] them;)
14 And they will tell [0559] it to the inhabitants [03427] of this land [0776]: for they have heard [08085] that thou LORD [03068] art among [07130] this people [05971], that thou LORD [03068] art seen [07200] face [05869] to face [05869], and that thy cloud [06051] standeth [05975] over them, and that thou goest [01980] before [06440] them, by day time [03119] in a pillar [05982] of a cloud [06051], and in a pillar [05982] of fire [0784] by night [03915].
15 Now if thou shalt kill [04191] all this people [05971] as one [0259] man [0376], then the nations [01471] which have heard [08085] the fame [08088] of thee will speak [0559], saying [0559],
16 Because the LORD [03068] was not [01115] able [03201] to bring [0935] this people [05971] into the land [0776] which he sware [07650] unto them, therefore he hath slain [07819] them in the wilderness [04057].
17 And now, I beseech thee, let the power [03581] of my Lord [0136] be great [01431], according [0834] as thou hast spoken [01696], saying [0559],
18 The LORD [03068] is longsuffering [0750] [0639], and of great [07227] mercy [02617], forgiving [05375] iniquity [05771] and transgression [06588], and by no means [05352] clearing [05352] the guilty, visiting [06485] the iniquity [05771] of the fathers [01] upon the children [01121] unto the third [08029] and fourth [07256] generation.
19 Pardon [05545], I beseech thee, the iniquity [05771] of this people [05971] according unto the greatness [01433] of thy mercy [02617], and as thou hast forgiven [05375] this people [05971], from Egypt [04714] even until now [02008].
14 But I wrought [06213] for my name's [08034] sake, that it should not be polluted [02490] before [05869] the heathen [01471], in whose sight [05869] I brought them out [03318].
13 But the house [01004] of Israel [03478] rebelled [04784] against me in the wilderness [04057]: they walked [01980] not in my statutes [02708], and they despised [03988] my judgments [04941], which if a man [0120] do [06213], he shall even live [02425] in them; and my sabbaths [07676] they greatly [03966] polluted [02490]: then I said [0559], I would pour out [08210] my fury [02534] upon them in the wilderness [04057], to consume [03615] them.
16 Because they despised [03988] my judgments [04941], and walked [01980] not in my statutes [02708], but polluted [02490] my sabbaths [07676]: for their heart [03820] went [01980] after [0310] their idols [01544].
15 Yet also I lifted up [05375] my hand [03027] unto them in the wilderness [04057], that I would not bring [0935] them into the land [0776] which I had given [05414] them, flowing [02100] with milk [02461] and honey [01706], which is the glory [06643] of all lands [0776];
11 And the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto Moses [04872], How long will this people [05971] provoke [05006] me? and how long will it be ere [03808] they believe [0539] me, for all the signs [0226] which I have shewed [06213] among [07130] them?
12 I will smite [05221] them with the pestilence [01698], and disinherit [03423] them, and will make [06213] of thee a greater [01419] nation [01471] and mightier [06099] than they.
10 Now therefore let me alone [03240], that my wrath [0639] may wax hot [02734] against them, and that I may consume [03615] them: and I will make [06213] of thee a great [01419] nation [01471].
13 But the house [01004] of Israel [03478] rebelled [04784] against me in the wilderness [04057]: they walked [01980] not in my statutes [02708], and they despised [03988] my judgments [04941], which if a man [0120] do [06213], he shall even live [02425] in them; and my sabbaths [07676] they greatly [03966] polluted [02490]: then I said [0559], I would pour out [08210] my fury [02534] upon them in the wilderness [04057], to consume [03615] them.
32 And while the children [01121] of Israel [03478] were in the wilderness [04057], they found [04672] a man [0376] that gathered [07197] sticks [06086] upon the sabbath [07676] day [03117].
27 Behold, therefore I have stretched out [05186] my hand [03027] over thee, and have diminished [01639] thine ordinary [02706] food, and delivered [05414] thee unto the will [05315] of them that hate [08130] thee, the daughters [01323] of the Philistines [06430], which are ashamed [03637] of thy lewd [02154] way [01870].
1 And Israel [03478] abode [03427] in Shittim [07851], and the people [05971] began [02490] to commit whoredom [02181] with the daughters [01323] of Moab [04124].
2 And they called [07121] the people [05971] unto the sacrifices [02077] of their gods [0430]: and the people [05971] did eat [0398], and bowed down [07812] to their gods [0430].
3 And Israel [03478] joined [06775] himself unto Baalpeor [01187]: and the anger [0639] of the LORD [03068] was kindled [02734] against Israel [03478].
1 And it came to pass in the twelfth [08147] [06240] year [08141], in the twelfth month [02320], in the first [0259] day of the month [02320], that the word [01697] of the LORD [03068] came unto me, saying [0559],
2 Son [01121] of man [0120], take up [05375] a lamentation [07015] for Pharaoh [06547] king [04428] of Egypt [04714], and say [0559] unto him, Thou art like [01819] a young lion [03715] of the nations [01471], and thou art as a whale [08577] [08565] in the seas [03220]: and thou camest forth [01518] with thy rivers [05104], and troubledst [01804] the waters [04325] with thy feet [07272], and fouledst [07515] their rivers [05104].
3 Thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069]; I will therefore spread out [06566] my net [07568] over thee with a company [06951] of many [07227] people [05971]; and they shall bring thee up [05927] in my net [02764].
4 Then will I leave [05203] thee upon the land [0776], I will cast thee forth [02904] upon the open [06440] field [07704], and will cause all the fowls [05775] of the heaven [08064] to remain [07931] upon thee, and I will fill [07646] the beasts [02416] of the whole earth [0776] with thee.
5 And I will lay [05414] thy flesh [01320] upon the mountains [02022], and fill [04390] the valleys [01516] with thy height [07419].
6 I will also water [08248] with thy blood [01818] the land [0776] wherein thou swimmest [06824], even to the mountains [02022]; and the rivers [0650] shall be full [04390] of thee.
11 For in six [08337] days [03117] the LORD [03068] made [06213] heaven [08064] and earth [0776], the sea [03220], and all that in them is, and rested [05117] the seventh [07637] day [03117]: wherefore the LORD [03068] blessed [01288] the sabbath [07676] day [03117], and hallowed [06942] it.
13 Speak [01696] thou also unto the children [01121] of Israel [03478], saying [0559], Verily [0389] my sabbaths [07676] ye shall keep [08104]: for it is a sign [0226] between me and you throughout your generations [01755]; that ye may know [03045] that I am the LORD [03068] that doth sanctify [06942] you.
12 Moreover also I gave [05414] them my sabbaths [07676], to be a sign [0226] between me and them, that they might know [03045] that I am the LORD [03068] that sanctify [06942] them.
19 I call [05749] heaven [08064] and earth [0776] to record [05749] this day [03117] against you, that I have set [05414] before [06440] you life [02416] and death [04194], blessing [01293] and cursing [07045]: therefore choose [0977] life [02416], that both thou and thy seed [02233] may live [02421]:
16 In that I command [06680] thee this day [03117] to love [0157] the LORD [03068] thy God [0430], to walk [03212] in his ways [01870], and to keep [08104] his commandments [04687] and his statutes [02708] and his judgments [04941], that thou mayest live [02421] and multiply [07235]: and the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] shall bless [01288] thee in the land [0776] whither thou goest [0935] to possess [03423] it.
11 And I gave [05414] them my statutes [02708], and shewed [03045] them my judgments [04941], which if a man [0120] do [06213], he shall even live [02425] in them.
17 Nevertheless mine eye [05869] spared [02347] them from destroying [07843] them, neither did I make [06213] an end [03617] of them in the wilderness [04057].
16 Because they despised [03988] my judgments [04941], and walked [01980] not in my statutes [02708], but polluted [02490] my sabbaths [07676]: for their heart [03820] went [01980] after [0310] their idols [01544].
15 Yet also I lifted up [05375] my hand [03027] unto them in the wilderness [04057], that I would not bring [0935] them into the land [0776] which I had given [05414] them, flowing [02100] with milk [02461] and honey [01706], which is the glory [06643] of all lands [0776];
14 But I wrought [06213] for my name's [08034] sake, that it should not be polluted [02490] before [05869] the heathen [01471], in whose sight [05869] I brought them out [03318].
13 But the house [01004] of Israel [03478] rebelled [04784] against me in the wilderness [04057]: they walked [01980] not in my statutes [02708], and they despised [03988] my judgments [04941], which if a man [0120] do [06213], he shall even live [02425] in them; and my sabbaths [07676] they greatly [03966] polluted [02490]: then I said [0559], I would pour out [08210] my fury [02534] upon them in the wilderness [04057], to consume [03615] them.
12 Moreover also I gave [05414] them my sabbaths [07676], to be a sign [0226] between me and them, that they might know [03045] that I am the LORD [03068] that sanctify [06942] them.
11 And I gave [05414] them my statutes [02708], and shewed [03045] them my judgments [04941], which if a man [0120] do [06213], he shall even live [02425] in them.
10 Wherefore I caused them to go forth [03318] out of the land [0776] of Egypt [04714], and brought [0935] them into the wilderness [04057].