Discovery BoxEzekiel 20:11-13 
Context20:11 I gave them my statutes 1 and revealed my regulations to them. The one 2 who carries 3 them out will live by them! 4 20:12 I also gave them my Sabbaths 5 as a reminder of our relationship, 6 so that they would know that I, the Lord, sanctify them. 7 20:13 But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness; they did not follow my statutes and they rejected my regulations (the one who obeys them will live by them), and they utterly desecrated my Sabbaths. So I decided to pour out 8 my rage on them in the wilderness and destroy them. 9
1 sn The laws were given at Mount Sinai.
2 tn Heb “the man.”
3 tn Heb “does.”
4 tn The wording and the concept is contained in Lev 18:5 and Deut 30:15-19.
5 sn Ezekiel’s contemporary, Jeremiah, also stressed the importance of obedience to the Sabbath law (Jer 17).
6 tn Heb “to become a sign between me and them.”
7 tn Or “set them apart.” The last phrase of verse 12 appears to be a citation of Exod 31:13.
8 tn Heb “and I said/thought to pour out.”
9 tn Heb “to bring them to an end.”
