Ezekiel 20:17-18

20:17 Yet I had pity on ¹  them and did not destroy them, so I did not make an end of them in the wilderness.

20:18 “‘But I said to their children ²  in the wilderness, “Do not follow the practices of your fathers; do not observe their regulations, ³  nor defile yourselves with their idols.

Ezekiel 20:23

20:23 I also swore ⁴  to them in the wilderness that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them throughout the lands. ⁵ 

Ezekiel 20:35

20:35 I will bring you into the wilderness of the nations, and there I will enter into judgment with you face to face.

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¹ tn Heb “my eye pitied.”

² tn Heb “sons,” reflecting the patriarchal idiom of the culture.

³ tn Or “standard of justice.” See Ezek 7:27.

⁴ tn Heb “I lifted up my hand.”

⁵ sn Though the Pentateuch does not seem to know of this episode, Ps 106:26-27 may speak of God’s oath to exile the people before they had entered Canaan.