Ezekiel 20:11

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 

Ezekiel 20:25

20:25 I also gave ⁵  them decrees ⁶  which were not good and regulations by which they could not live.

[20:11]  ¹ sn The laws were given at Mount Sinai.

[20:11]  ² tn Heb “the man.”

[20:11]  ³ tn Heb “does.”

[20:11]  ⁴ tn The wording and the concept is contained in Lev 18:5 and Deut 30:15-19.

[20:25]  ⁵ tn Or “permitted.”

[20:25]  ⁶ tn The Hebrew term חֻקּוֹת (khuqot; translated “statutes” elsewhere in this chapter) is normally feminine. Here Ezekiel changes the form to masculine: חֻקִּים (khuqim). Further, they are not called “my decrees” as vv. 11 and 13 refer to “my statutes.” The change is a signal that Ezekiel is not talking about the same statutes in vv. 11 and 13, which lead to life.