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17 Even then, I[a] looked on them with compassion and didn’t completely destroy them in the wilderness. 18 I told their children in the wilderness, ‘You are not to follow the statutes of your ancestors, observe their ordinances, or be defiled by their idols. 19 I am the Lord your God. You are to follow my statutes, observe my ordinances, and keep them.

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  1. Ezekiel 20:17 Lit. my eyes

17 Yet I looked on them with pity and did not destroy(A) them or put an end to them in the wilderness. 18 I said to their children in the wilderness, “Do not follow the statutes of your parents(B) or keep their laws or defile yourselves(C) with their idols. 19 I am the Lord your God;(D) follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws.(E)

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