20:10 “‘So I brought them out of the land of Egypt and led them to the wilderness. 20:11 I gave them my statutes 1 and revealed my regulations to them. The one 2 who carries 3 them out will live by them! 4 20:12 I also gave them my Sabbaths 5 as a reminder of our relationship, 6 so that they would know that I, the Lord, sanctify them. 7
1 sn The laws were given at Mount Sinai.
2 tn Heb “the man.”
3 tn Heb “does.”
4 tn The wording and the concept is contained in Lev 18:5 and Deut 30:15-19.
5 sn Ezekiel’s contemporary, Jeremiah, also stressed the importance of obedience to the Sabbath law (Jer 17).
6 tn Heb “to become a sign between me and them.”
7 tn Or “set them apart.” The last phrase of verse 12 appears to be a citation of Exod 31:13.