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.

[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.”

[20:15]  ⁴ tn Heb “I lifted up my hand.”

[20:23]  ⁵ tn Heb “I lifted up my hand.”

[20:23]  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.

[20:42]  ⁷ tn Heb “I lifted up my hand.”