🔥WEB · Ezekiel 20:10

What does Ezekiel 20:10 mean?

"So I caused them to go out of the land of Egypt, and brought them into the wilderness."

— Ezekiel 20:10 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

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I said to them, ‘Each of you throw away the abominations of his eyes. Don’t defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt. I am Yahweh your God.’

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“‘“But they rebelled against me, and would not listen to me. They didn’t all throw away the abominations of their eyes. They also didn’t forsake the idols of Egypt. Then I said I would pour out my wrath on them, to accomplish my anger against them in the middle of the land of Egypt.

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But I worked for my name’s sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, among which they were, in whose sight I made myself known to them, in bringing them out of the land of Egypt.

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So I caused them to go out of the land of Egypt, and brought them into the wilderness.

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I gave them my statutes, and showed them my ordinances, which if a man does, he will live in them.

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Moreover also I gave them my Sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am Yahweh who sanctifies them.

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“‘“But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness. They didn’t walk in my statutes, and they rejected my ordinances, which if a man keeps, he shall live in them. They greatly profaned my Sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out my wrath on them in the wilderness, to consume them.

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