Ezekiel 20:20

20 Keep my Sabbaths holy, that they may be a sign between us. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God.”

Ezekiel 20:20 in Other Translations

20 And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the LORD your God.

20 and keep my Sabbaths holy that they may be a sign between me and you, that you may know that I am the Lord your God.

20 and keep my Sabbath days holy, for they are a sign to remind you that I am the LORD your God.’

20 Keep my Sabbaths as holy rest days, signposts between me and you, signaling that I am God, your God."

20 and hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am Jehovah your God.

20 Set apart certain holy days to worship me. This will be a sign between me and you so that you will know that I am the LORD your God."

20 Keep My Sabbaths holy, and they will be a sign between Me and you, so you may know that I am the Lord your God.

20 Keep my Sabbath days holy. That is the sign of the covenant I made with you. You will know that I am the LORD your God.'

Ezekiel 20:20 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 20:20

And hallow my sabbaths
Or keep them holy, by abstaining from worldly business on them; by observing all the duties of religion, private and public, to be performed on such days: and they shall be a sign between me and you;
of present and future good; (See Gill on Ezekiel 20:12); that ye may know that I [am] the Lord your God;
not only acknowledge him to be the Lord their God, by observing his laws, and sanctifying his sabbaths; but also have a larger experience of his grace and goodness, as their covenant God.

Ezekiel 20:20 In-Context

18 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.

19 I am the LORD your God; follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws.

20 Keep my Sabbaths holy, that they may be a sign between us. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God.”

21 “ ‘But the children rebelled against me: They did not follow my decrees, they were not careful to keep my laws, of which I said, “The person who obeys them will live by them,” and they desecrated my Sabbaths. So I said I would pour out my wrath on them and spend my anger against them in the wilderness.

22 But I withheld my hand, and for the sake of my name I did what would keep it from being profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.

Cross References

• 1. S Exodus 20:10
• 2. S Exodus 31:13
• 3. Jeremiah 17:22