Ezekiel 20:18

Ezekiel 20:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols:
• New International Version (NIV)I said to their children in the wilderness, “Do not follow the statutes of your parents or keep their laws or defile yourselves with their idols.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"And I said to their children in the wilderness, 'Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers, nor keep their rules, nor defile yourselves with their idols.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“But I said to their children in the wilderness, ‘Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers, nor observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols.

Context of Ezekiel 20:18

16I refused to take them there because they had not obeyed my laws and my commands. They did not obey my rules for Sabbath says. Instead, they liked to worship their idols. 17But I chose to be kind to them. I did not completely destroy them in the wilderness. I said to their children in the wilderness, ‘Do not live in the bad way that your fathers did. Do not obey their rules. Do not worship their idols and make yourselves unclean. 19Remember that I am the Lord your God. So be careful to obey my laws and my commands. 20Make Sabbath days special to show that you belong to me. Then you will know that I am the Lord your God.’

Ezekiel 20:18 word by word

וָאֹמַ֤ר אֶל־בְּנֵיהֶם֙ בַּמִּדְבָּ֔ר בְּחוּקֵּ֤י אֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶם֙ אַל־תֵּלֵ֔כוּ וְאֶת־מִשְׁפְּטֵיהֶ֖ם אַל־תִּשְׁמֹ֑רוּ וּבְגִלּוּלֵיהֶ֖ם אַל־תִּטַּמָּֽאוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• But I saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• unto their childrenבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• in the wildernessמִדְבָּרmidbâr · wildernessH4057
• Walkיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• ye not in the statutesחֹקchôq · statute: decreeH2706
• of your fathersאָב'âb · fatherH1
• neither observeשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: obeyH8104
• their judgmentsמִשְׁפָּטmishpâţ · justice: judgementH4941
• nor defileטָמֵאţâmê' · to defileH2930
• yourselves with their idolsגִּלּוּלgillûl gillûl · idolH1544

Cross-references for Ezekiel 20:18

• Numbers 14:32But as for you, your dead bodies will fall to the ground in this desert.
• Numbers 32:13At that time, the Lord was angry with all the Israelites. He caused them to travel in the desert for 40 years. After that, all the men who had turned against him were dead.’
• Deuteronomy 4:3You saw for yourselves what the Lord your God did at Baal-Peor. He killed every person among you who worshipped Baal there.
• Psalms 78:6Then the children would know about them, even the children still to be born. When the time came, they too would tell their children.
• Zechariah 1:2This was the Lord's message: ‘I, the Lord, was very angry with your ancestors.
• Luke 11:47Yes, it will be very bad for you! A long time ago, your ancestors killed God's prophets. Now, you build up beautiful stones to show the place where they buried them.
• Acts 7:51Then Stephen said, ‘You people do not want to obey God! You do not want to listen to God's true message. You are the same as your ancestors. Like them, you always fight against what the Holy Spirit says.
• 1 Peter 1:18Your ancestors lived in a way that did not make them really happy. That is the way that you learned to live as well. But now God has saved you from that way of life. You know that he has bought you for himself. He did not buy you with things that do not continue for ever, like silver or gold.
• Ezekiel 20:7I said to them, ‘You must each destroy the disgusting idols that you worship. Those are the idols of Egypt and they cause you to be unclean. Remember that I am the Lord your God.’
• Jeremiah 2:7But I, the Lord, brought you to a good land. It was a place where fruit grew on trees. You could eat all those good things, as well as the crops that you grew there. You came into the land that I had promised to give to you. But you spoiled it with your sins. You made it a disgusting place.
• Jeremiah 3:9She was not ashamed of what she was doing. She worshipped idols made of wood and stone. She made the land unclean because she was not faithful to me.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 20:18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18But I said unto their children - These I chose in their fathers' stead; and to them I purposed to give the inheritance which their fathers by disobedience lost.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10-26Verses 10-26 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…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-26Verses 10-26 . The history of Israel in the wilderness is referred to in the new Testament as well as in the Old, for warning. God did great things for them. He gave them the law, and revived the ancient keeping of the sabbath day. Sabbaths are privileges; they are signs of our being his people. If we do the duty of the day, we shall find, to our comfort, it is the Lord that makes us holy, that is, truly happy, here; and prepares us to be happy, that is…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-21Each generation of Israelites rebelled against the Lord. They refused to obey the commandments he gave them. Each time, the Lord warned that he would pour out his fury (his strong anger) on them (Ezekiel 20:8, 13, 21). But he held back his judgment. He did this for the honor of his name. If he had destroyed them, the surrounding nations might have thought he was too weak to bring his people into the promised land.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1818. I said unto their children--being unwilling to speak any more to the fathers as being incorrigible. Walk ye not in ... statutes of ... fathers--The traditions of the fathers are to be carefully weighed, not indiscriminately followed. He forbids the imitation of not only their gross sins, but even their plausible statutes [Calvin].Read the comment

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In the dictionaries

• Defile
• Purge
• God
• Grace
• Leviticus
• Sabbath
• Salvation
• holy, holiness, unholy, sacred

Commentaries on Ezekiel 20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings