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 did this because they rejected my regulations, did not follow my statutes, and desecrated my Sabbaths; for their hearts followed their idols. 17Yet I had pity on them and did not destroy them, so I did not make an end of them in the wilderness. “‘But I said to their children in the wilderness, “Do not follow the practices of your fathers; do not observe their regulations, nor defile yourselves with their idols. 19I am the Lord your God; follow my statutes, observe my regulations, and carry them out. 20Treat my Sabbaths as holy and they will be a reminder of our relationship, and 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 in this wilderness,
• Numbers 32:13So the Lord’s anger was kindled against the Israelites, and he made them wander in the wilderness for forty years, until all that generation that had done wickedly before the Lord was finished.
• Deuteronomy 4:3You have witnessed what the Lord did at Baal Peor, how he eradicated from your midst everyone who followed Baal Peor.
• Psalms 78:6so that the next generation, children yet to be born, might know about them. They will grow up and tell their descendants about them.
• Zechariah 1:2The Lord was very angry with your ancestors.
• Luke 11:47Woe to you! You build the tombs of the prophets whom your ancestors killed.
• Acts 7:51“You stubborn people, with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You are always resisting the Holy Spirit, like your ancestors did!
• 1 Peter 1:18You know that from your empty way of life inherited from your ancestors you were ransomed – not by perishable things like silver or gold,
• Ezekiel 20:7I said to them, “Each of you must get rid of the detestable idols you keep before you, and do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt; I am the Lord your God.”
• Jeremiah 2:7I brought you into a fertile land so you could enjoy its fruits and its rich bounty. But when you entered my land, you defiled it; you made the land I call my own loathsome to me.
• Jeremiah 3:9Because she took her prostitution so lightly, she defiled the land through her adulterous worship of gods made of wood and stone.

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