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17 Yet I had pity on[a] them and did not destroy them, so I did not make an end of them in the wilderness.

18 “‘But I said to their children[b] in the wilderness, “Do not follow the practices of your fathers; do not observe their regulations,[c] nor defile yourselves with their idols. 19 I am the Lord your God; follow my statutes, observe my regulations, and carry them out.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 20:17 tn Heb “my eye pitied.”
  2. Ezekiel 20:18 tn Heb “sons,” reflecting the patriarchal idiom of the culture.
  3. Ezekiel 20:18 tn Or “standard of justice.” See Ezek 7:27.