Ezekiel 20:18

“‘But I said to their children ¹  in the wilderness, “Do not follow the practices of your fathers; do not observe their regulations, ²  nor defile yourselves with their idols.

biblegateway Eze 20:18

I said to their children in the desert, "Do not follow the statutes of your fathers or keep their laws or defile yourselves with their idols.

biblegateway Eze 20:18

"I said to their children in the wilderness, ‘Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers or keep their ordinances or defile yourselves with their idols.

biblegateway Eze 20:18

"Then I warned their children and told them not to follow in their parents’ footsteps, defiling themselves with their idols.

biblegateway Eze 20:18

"'Then I addressed myself to their children in the desert: "Don't do what your parents did. Don't take up their practices. Don't make yourselves filthy with their no-god idols.

SABDAweb Eze 20:18

And I said to their children in the waste land, Do not be guided by the rules of your fathers or keep their orders or make yourselves unclean with their images:

bibleoremus Eze 20:18

I said to their children in the wilderness, Do not follow the statutes of your parents, nor observe their ordinances, nor defile yourselves with their idols.

biblegateway Eze 20:18

"But I said to their children in the wilderness, ‘Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers, nor observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols.

biblegateway Eze 20:18

“‘But I said to their children ¹  in the wilderness, “Do not follow the practices of your fathers; do not observe their regulations, ²  nor defile yourselves with their idols.

¹ tn Heb “sons,” reflecting the patriarchal idiom of the culture.

² tn Or “standard of justice.” See Ezek 7:27.