Ezekiel 11:20

11:20 so that they may follow my statutes and observe my regulations and carry them out. Then they will be my people, and I will be their God. ¹ 

Ezekiel 18:9

18:9 and follows my statutes and observes my regulations by carrying them out. ²  That man ³  is righteous; he will certainly live, ⁴  declares the sovereign Lord.

Ezekiel 18:17

18:17 refrains from wrongdoing, ⁵  does not engage in usury or charge interest, carries out my regulations and follows my statutes. He will not die for his father’s iniquity; ⁶  he will surely live.

Ezekiel 18:21

18:21 “But if the wicked person turns from all the sin he has committed and observes all my statutes and does what is just and right, he will surely live; he will not die.

Ezekiel 20:11

20:11 I gave them my statutes ⁷  and revealed my regulations to them. The one ⁸  who carries ⁹  them out will live by them! ¹⁰ 

Ezekiel 20:16

20:16 I did this ¹¹  because they rejected my regulations, did not follow my statutes, and desecrated my Sabbaths; for their hearts followed their idols. ¹² 

Ezekiel 20:24

20:24 I did this ¹³  because they did not observe my regulations, they rejected my statutes, they desecrated my Sabbaths, and their eyes were fixed on ¹⁴  their fathers’ idols.

Ezekiel 33:15

33:15 He ¹⁵  returns what was taken in pledge, pays back what he has stolen, and follows the statutes that give life, ¹⁶  committing no iniquity. He will certainly live – he will not die.

Ezekiel 37:24

37:24 “‘My servant David will be king over them; there will be one shepherd for all of them. They will follow ¹⁷  my regulations and carefully observe my statutes. ¹⁸ 

Ezekiel 44:24

44:24 “‘In a controversy they will act as judges; ¹⁹  they will judge according to my ordinances. They will keep my laws and my statutes regarding all my appointed festivals and will observe ²⁰  my Sabbaths.

Ezekiel 46:14

46:14 And you ²¹  will provide a grain offering with it morning by morning, a sixth of an ephah, and a third of a gallon ²²  of olive oil to moisten the choice flour, as a grain offering to the Lord; this is a perpetual statute.

[11:20]  ¹ sn The expression They will be my people, and I will be their God occurs as a promise to Abraham (Gen 17:8), Moses (Exod 6:7), and the nation (Exod 29:45).

[18:9]  ² tc The MT reads לַעֲשׂוֹת אֱמֶת (la’asot ’emet, “to do with integrity”), while the LXX reads “to do them,” presupposing לַעֲשׂוֹת אֹתָם (la’asot ’otam). The ם (mem) and ת (tav) have been reversed in the MT. The LXX refelcts the original, supported by similar phrasing in Ezekiel 11:20; 20:19.

[18:9]  ³ tn Heb “he.”

[18:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “living, he will live.” The infinitive absolute precedes the finite verb for emphasis.

[18:17]  ³ tc This translation follows the LXX. The MT reads “restrains his hand from the poor,” which makes no sense here.

[18:17]  ⁴ tn Or “in his father’s punishment.” The phrase “in/for [a person’s] iniquity/punishment” occurs fourteen times in Ezekiel: here and in vv. 18, 19, 20; 3:18, 19; 4:17; 7:13, 16; 24:23; 33:6, 8, 9; 39:23. The Hebrew word for “iniquity” may also mean the “punishment for iniquity.”

[20:11]  ⁴ sn The laws were given at Mount Sinai.

[20:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “the man.”

[20:11]  ⁶ tn Heb “does.”

[20:11]  ⁷ tn The wording and the concept is contained in Lev 18:5 and Deut 30:15-19.

[20:16]  ⁵ tn The words “I did this” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied for stylistic reasons. Verses 15-16 are one long sentence in the Hebrew text. The translation divides this sentence into two for stylistic reasons.

[20:16]  ⁶ tn Heb “for after their idols their heart was going.” The use of the active participle (“was going”) in the Hebrew text draws attention to the ongoing nature of their idolatrous behavior.

[20:24]  ⁶ tn The words “I did this” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied for stylistic reasons. Verses 23-24 are one long sentence in the Hebrew text. The translation divides this sentence into two for stylistic reasons.

[20:24]  ⁷ tn Or “they worshiped” (NCV, TEV, CEV); Heb “their eyes were on” or “were after” (cf. v. 16).

[33:15]  ⁷ tn Heb “the wicked one.”

[33:15]  ⁸ tn Heb “and in the statutes of life he walks.”

[37:24]  ⁸ tn Heb “walk [in].”

[37:24]  ⁹ tn Heb “and my statutes they will guard and they will do them.”

[44:24]  ⁹ sn For a historical illustration of the priest carrying out this function, see 2 Chr 19:9-11.

[44:24]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “sanctify, set apart.”

[46:14]  ¹⁰ tc Two medieval Hebrew mss, the LXX, the Syriac, and the Vulgate read the verb as third person singular.

[46:14]  ¹¹ tn Heb “a hin of oil.” A hin was about 1/16 of a bath. See L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:266, and O. R. Sellers, “Weights,” IDB 4:835 g.