Ezekiel 20:11

11 I gave them my decrees and made known to them my laws, by which the person who obeys them will live.

Ezekiel 20:11 in Other Translations

KJV
11 And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them.
ESV
11 I gave them my statutes and made known to them my rules, by which, if a person does them, he shall live.
NLT
11 There I gave them my decrees and regulations so they could find life by keeping them.
MSG
11 "'I gave them laws for living, showed them how to live well and obediently before me.
CSB
11 Then I gave them My statutes and explained My ordinances to them-the person who does them will live by them.

Ezekiel 20:11 In-Context

9 But for the sake of my name, I brought them out of Egypt. I did it to keep my name from being profaned in the eyes of the nations among whom they lived and in whose sight I had revealed myself to the Israelites.
10 Therefore I led them out of Egypt and brought them into the wilderness.
11 I gave them my decrees and made known to them my laws, by which the person who obeys them will live.
12 Also I gave them my Sabbaths as a sign between us, so they would know that I the LORD made them holy.
13 “ ‘Yet the people of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness. They did not follow my decrees but rejected my laws—by which the person who obeys them will live—and they utterly desecrated my Sabbaths. So I said I would pour out my wrath on them and destroy them in the wilderness.

Cross References 1

  • 1. Exodus 20:1-23; Leviticus 18:5; Deuteronomy 4:7-8; S Ezekiel 18:9; S Romans 10:5
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