Text -- Ezekiel 20:37 (NET)

20:37 I will make you pass under the shepherd’s staff, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Eze 20:37

¹ tn This is the same Hebrew verb used to describe the passing of the children through the fire.

² sn The metaphor may be based in Lev 27:32 (see also Jer 33:13; Matt 25:32-33). A shepherd would count his sheep as they passed beneath his staff.