Ezekiel 20:19-20

20:19 I am the Lord your God; follow my statutes, observe my regulations, and carry them out. 20:20 Treat my Sabbaths as holy ¹  and they will be a reminder of our relationship, ²  and then you will know that I am the Lord your God.”

Ezekiel 34:31

34:31 And you, my sheep, the sheep of my pasture, are my people, ³  and I am your God, declares the sovereign Lord.’”

Ezekiel 20:7

20:7 I said to them, “Each of you must get rid of the detestable idols you keep before you, ⁴  and do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt; I am the Lord your God.”

Ezekiel 20:5

20:5 and say to them:

“‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: On the day I chose Israel I swore ⁵  to the descendants ⁶  of the house of Jacob and made myself known to them in the land of Egypt. I swore ⁷  to them, “I am the Lord your God.”

[20:20]  ¹ tn Or “set apart my Sabbaths.”

[20:20]  ² tn Heb “and they will become a sign between me and you.”

[34:31]  ¹ tn Heb, “the sheep of my pasture, you are human.” See 36:37-38 for a similar expression. The possessive pronoun “my” is supplied in the translation to balance “I am your God” in the next clause.

[20:7]  ¹ tn Heb “each one, the detestable things of his eyes, throw away.” The Pentateuch does not refer to the Israelites worshiping idols in Egypt, but Josh 24:14 appears to suggest that they did so.

[20:5]  ¹ tn Heb “I lifted up my hand.”

[20:5]  ² tn Heb “seed.”

[20:5]  ³ tn Heb “I lifted up my hand.”