Ezekiel 20:5

Context
20:5 and say to them:

“‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: On the day I chose Israel I swore¹ to the descendants² of the house of Jacob and made myself known to them in the land of Egypt. I swore³ to them, “I am the Lord your God.”

Ezekiel 20:12

Context
20:12 I also gave them my Sabbaths⁴ as a reminder of our relationship,⁵ so that they would know that I, the Lord, sanctify them.⁶

[20:5] ¹tn Heb “I lifted up my hand.”

[20:5] ²tn Heb “seed.”

[20:5] ³tn Heb “I lifted up my hand.”

[20:12] ⁴sn Ezekiel’s contemporary, Jeremiah, also stressed the importance of obedience to the Sabbath law (Jer 17).

[20:12] ⁵tn Heb “to become a sign between me and them.”

[20:12] ⁶tn Or “set them apart.” The last phrase of verse 12 appears to be a citation of Exod 31:13.