Ezekiel 20:5-6

20:5 and say to them:

“‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: On the day I chose Israel I swore ¹  to the descendants ²  of the house of Jacob and made myself known to them in the land of Egypt. I swore ³  to them, “I am the Lord your God.” 20:6 On that day I swore ⁴  to bring them out of the land of Egypt to a land which I had picked out ⁵  for them, a land flowing with milk and honey, ⁶  the most beautiful of all lands.

Ezekiel 20:28

20:28 I brought them to the land which I swore ⁷  to give them, but whenever they saw any high hill or leafy tree, they offered their sacrifices there and presented the offerings that provoke me to anger. They offered their soothing aroma there and poured out their drink offerings.

Ezekiel 20:42

20:42 Then you will know that I am the Lord when I bring you to the land of Israel, to the land I swore ⁸  to give to your fathers.

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¹ tn Heb “I lifted up my hand.”

² tn Heb “seed.”

³ tn Heb “I lifted up my hand.”

⁴ tn Heb “I lifted up my hand to them.”

⁵ tn Or “searched out.” The Hebrew word is used to describe the activity of the spies in “spying out” the land of Canaan (Num 13-14); cf. KJV “I had espied for them.”

⁶ sn The phrase “a land flowing with milk and honey,” a figure of speech describing the land’s abundant fertility, occurs in v. 15 as well as Exod 3:8, 17; 13:5; 33:3; Lev 20:24; Num 13:27; Deut 6:3; 11:9; 26:9; 27:3; Josh 5:6; Jer 11:5; 32:23 (see also Deut 1:25; 8:7-9).

⁷ tn Heb “which I lifted up my hand.”

⁸ tn Heb “I lifted up my hand.”