My sabbaths, to be a sign] Though Ezekiel attached great importance to the sabbath, he regarded it not as one of the moral ordinances, obedience to which brings life (Ezekiel 20:11), but rather as a special sign of God's covenant which Israel was bound to observe.
Verse Ezekiel 20:12. _I GAVE THEM MY SABBATHS_] The religious observance of the Sabbath was the _first statute_ or _command_ of God to men. This institution was _a sign between God and them_, to keep...
The probation in the wilderness. The promise was forfeited by those to whom it was first conditionally made, but was renewed to their children. Ezekiel 20:11 The “statutes” were given on Mount Sinai,...
CHAPTER S 20-24 Further and Final Predictions Concerning the judgment of Jerusalem _ 1. Jehovah rehearses His mercies bestowed upon Israel (Ezekiel 20:1) _ 2. The impending judgment announced (Ezek...
EZEKIEL 20. THE WICKED PAST AND THE BLESSED FUTURE. Ezekiel 20:1. A Sketch of Israel's Early Idolatries. It is now 590 B.C. Almost a year has elapsed since the last incident that was dated (Ezekiel 8:...
I GAVE THEM, &c. Ref, to Pentateuch (Exodus 20:8; Exodus 31:13). THAT THEY MIGHT KNOW. COMPARE note on Ezekiel 6:10....
_my sabbaths_ The plural refers to the stated recurrence of the day; other festivals are not included. _to be a sign_ The prophet does not speak of the Sabbath as an older institution than the exodus,...
The people delivered from Egypt and brought into the wilderness. There also Jehovah wrought for his name's sake....
Review of the history of the fathers The principle that has ruled this history is that all through it Jehovah has acted for his name's sake. It is this principle that has given Israel a history, othe...
I GAVE THEM MY STATUTES— That is, says Bishop Warburton, he gave them the moral law of the decalogue, in which there was one positive institution, and no more; but this one absolutely necessary to pre...
C. Israel in the Wilderness 20:10-26 TRANSLATION (10) And I brought them out from the land of Egypt, and brought them unto the wilderness. (11) And I gave to them My statutes, and My ordinances I mad...
Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctify them. I GAVE THEM MY SABBATHS, TO BE A SIGN BETWEEN ME AND THEM - a ki...
EZEKIEL: ‘THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I AM GOD’ THE *SIN OF JUDAH AND THE JUDGEMENT OF GOD EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 1 TO 24 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 20 * God is patient. He gives people every opportunity to *...
I GAVE THEM MY SABBATHS. — “Not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers” (John 7:22). The Sabbath, like circumcision, was an institution far older than the period here spoken of, but was now comman...
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JEHOVAH'S CONTROVERSY WITH ISRAEL Ezekiel 20:1 BY far the hardest trial of Ezekiel's faith must have been the conduct of his fellow-exiles. It was amongst them that he looked for the great spiritual...
In this final section of the prophecies dealing with reprobation, the prophet in a series of messages set forth the righteousness thereof. In the seventh year of the reign of Jehoiachin, that is four...
_Sign, as also to promote piety and instruction._...
Here we have the history carried on to the wilderness dispensation. If, as some say, the direct road to Canaan might have been accomplished in a few days, the Lord's keeping them there forty years pla...
_MY SABBATHS_ ‘I gave them My sabbaths.’ Ezekiel 20:12 ‘I gave them My sabbaths,’ says God. It is a gift worthy of such a transcendent Giver. I. FOR THE SABBATH BRINGS ME RELIEF AND QUIETUDE.—Sep...
Besides the law God here commends his Sabbaths, which we know to be only a part of His law: nay, whoever compares the commandments one by one, will at first sight perceive more weight in others than i...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 20 AND 21. Chapter 20 begins a new prophecy, which, with its subdivisions, continues to the end of chapter 23. It will have been remarked that the general div...
MOREOVER, ALSO, I GAVE THEM MY SABBATHS,.... The Targum is, "the days of the sabbaths;'' or sabbath days, the seventh day sabbaths, which recurring throughout the year are many; but, besides these,...
Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I [am] the LORD that sanctify them. Ver. 12. _Moreover also, I gave them my Sabbaths._] A sweet merc...
_Moreover, I gave them my sabbaths_ Including the weekly sabbaths, the sabbatical years, and all the solemn days of divine worship, in which no servile work was to be done: _to be a sign between me an...
IN THE WILDERNESS...
Moreover, also, I gave them My Sabbaths, whose special observance was a distinction to the Jews, TO BE A SIGN BETWEEN ME AND THEM, in their ever-recurring celebration, THAT THEY MIGHT KNOW THAT I AM T...
10-26. The history of Israel in the wilderness is referred to in the new Testament as well as in the Old, for warning. God did great things for them. He gave them the law, and revived the ancient kee...
I GAVE; both commanded, and also sanctified, those portions of time to be holy rests. MY SABBATHS; either the weekly sabbath, which, recurring every seventh day, soon multiplied into many, and was to...
Ezekiel 20:12 gave H5414 (H8804) Sabbaths H7676 sign H226 know H3045 (H8800) LORD H3068 sanctifies H6942 ...
“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.” The importance of the sabbath as a sign that Israel were God's peopl...
CONTENTS: Jehovah vindicated in the chastising of Israel. Israel's future judgment. Parable of the forest of the south field. CHARACTERS: God, Ezekiel. CONCLUSION: God takes it as an affront when tho...
Ezekiel 20:1. _The elders of Israel came to enquire of the Lord, and sat before me._ They still respected the divine καρισματα, or holy anointing of the Spirit; but they sought it for a reverse of the...
_I gave them My Sabbaths._ THE PRACTICAL DUTIES OF THE CHRISTIAN SABBATH Let two remarks be premised. We enforce not the duties of the Jewish but of the Christian Sabbath. Everything in the Christian...
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 20:1 This lengthy oracle has two main parts: a review of Israel’s history of offending the Lord (vv. Ezekiel 20:1), and a preview of her future restoration (vv....
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 20:5 Israel’s story is told in five broad movements. The author describes the exodus generation first while they were in Egypt (vv. Ezekiel 20:5), then in the exodus itself (vv
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 20:9 BUT I ACTED FOR THE SAKE OF MY NAME (v. Ezekiel 20:9; see vv....
(Ezekiel 20:10) EXEGETICAL NOTES.—The sin of the first generation of Israelites in the wilderness: yet the Lord did not make an end of them. Ezekiel 20:11. “AND I GAVE THEM MY STATUTES, AND SHOWED TH...
EXPOSITION EZEKIEL 20:1 A new date is given, and includes what follows to Ezekiel 23:49. The last note of time was in Ezekiel 8:1, and eleven months and five days had passed, during which the prop
Now it came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth month, the tenth day of the month, that certain of the elders of Israel came to inquire of the LORD, and sat before me (Ezekiel 20:1). Now this e...
1 Thessalonians 5:23; Colossians 2:16; Deuteronomy 5:12; Exodus 16:29;...
A sign — Of their being peculiarly my people....