Discovery BoxEzekiel 20:5 
Context20:5 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.”
Ezekiel 20:15
Context20:15 I also swore 4 to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them to the land I had given them – a land flowing with milk and honey, the most beautiful of all lands.
Ezekiel 20:23
Context20:23 I also swore 5 to them in the wilderness that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them throughout the lands. 6
Ezekiel 20:42
Context20:42 Then you will know that I am the Lord when I bring you to the land of Israel, to the land I swore 7 to give to your fathers.
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.”
5 tn Heb “I lifted up my hand.”
6 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.
7 tn Heb “I lifted up my hand.”
