Ezekiel 20:5

20:5 and say to them:

“‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: On the day I chose Israel I swore 1  to the descendants 2  of the house of Jacob and made myself known to them in the land of Egypt. I swore 3  to them, “I am the Lord your God.”

Ezekiel 20:15

20:15 I also swore 4  to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them to the land I had given them – a land flowing with milk and honey, the most beautiful of all lands.

Ezekiel 20:23

20:23 I also swore 5  to them in the wilderness that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them throughout the lands. 6 

Ezekiel 20:42

20:42 Then you will know that I am the Lord when I bring you to the land of Israel, to the land I swore 7  to give to your fathers.

1 tn Heb “I lifted up my hand.”

2 tn Heb “seed.”

3 tn Heb “I lifted up my hand.”

4 tn Heb “I lifted up my hand.”

5 tn Heb “I lifted up my hand.”

6 sn Though the Pentateuch does not seem to know of this episode, Ps 106:26-27 may speak of God’s oath to exile the people before they had entered Canaan.

7 tn Heb “I lifted up my hand.”