Ezekiel 20:12

Bishop's Bible

I gaue them also my Sabbath dayes to be a token betwixt me and them, and therby to knowe that I am the Lorde which halowe them.

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
I also told them about all the special days of rest, which were a special sign between us. They showed that I am the Lord and that I was making them special to me.

New Living Translation
And I gave them my Sabbath days of rest as a sign between them and me. It was to remind them that I am the Lord , who had set them apart to be holy.

New American Standard Bible
"Also I gave them My Sabbaths to be a sign between Me and them, so that they might know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them.

New Century Version
I also gave them my Sabbaths to be a sign between us so they would know that I am the Lord who made them holy.

New English Translation
I also gave them my Sabbaths as a reminder of our relationship, so that they would know that I, the Lord , sanctify them.

Update Bible Version
Moreover also I gave them my Sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am Yahweh that sanctifies them.

Webster's Bible Translation
Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I [am] the LORD that sanctify them.

Amplified Bible
"Also I gave them My Sabbaths to be a sign between Me and them, that they might know [without any doubt] that I am the LORD who sanctifies them (separates and sets them apart).

English Standard Version
Moreover, I gave them my Sabbaths, as a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the Lord who sanctifies them.

World English Bible
Moreover also I gave them my Sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am Yahweh who sanctifies them.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Ferthermore and Y yaf to hem my sabatis, that it schulde be a sygne bitwixe me and hem, and that thei schulden wite, that Y am the Lord halewynge hem.

English Revised Version
Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctify them.

Berean Standard Bible
I also gave them My Sabbaths as a sign between us, so that they would know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them.

Contemporary English Version
And I commanded them to respect the Sabbath as a way of showing that they were holy and belonged to me.

American Standard Version
Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am Jehovah that sanctifieth them.

Bible in Basic English
And further, I gave them my Sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, so that it might be clear that I, who make them holy, am the Lord.

Complete Jewish Bible
I gave them my shabbats as a sign between me and them, so that they would know that I, Adonai , am the one who makes them holy.

Darby Translation
And I also gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I [am] Jehovah that hallow them.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Moreover also I gave them My sabbaths, to be a sign between Me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctify them.

King James Version (1611)
Moreouer also, I gaue them my Sabbaths, to be a signe betweene mee and them, that they might know that I am the Lord that sanctifie them.

New Life Bible
I gave them My Days of Rest to be something special to see between Me and them, so they would know that I am the Lord Who makes them holy.

New Revised Standard
Moreover I gave them my sabbaths, as a sign between me and them, so that they might know that I the Lord sanctify them.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Moreouer I gaue them also my Sabbaths to be a signe betwene me & them, that they might knowe that I am the Lord, that sanctifie them.

George Lamsa Translation
Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths to be a sign between me and them, so that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctify them.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Moreover also my sabbaths, gave I unto them, to become a sign betwixt me and them, - that it might be known that, I, Yahweh, was hallowing them.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Moreover I gave them also my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them: and that they might know that I am the Lord that sanctify them.

Revised Standard Version
Moreover I gave them my sabbaths, as a sign between me and them, that they might know that I the LORD sanctify them.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And I gave them my sabbaths, that they should be for a sign between me and them, that they should know that I am the Lord that sanctify them.

Good News Translation
I made the keeping of the Sabbath a sign of the agreement between us, to remind them that I, the Lord , make them holy.

Christian Standard Bible®
I also gave them my Sabbaths to serve as a sign between me and them, so that they would know that I am the Lord who consecrates them.

Hebrew Names Version
Moreover also I gave them my Shabbatot, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them.

King James Version
Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the Lord that sanctify them.

Lexham English Bible
And also my Sabbaths I gave to them to be a sign between me and between them so they would know that I, Yahweh, am the one sanctifying them.

Literal Translation
And I also gave them My sabbaths to be a sign between Me and them, that they might know that I am Jehovah who sets them apart.

Young's Literal Translation
And also My sabbaths I have given to them, To be for a sign between Me and them, To know that I [am] Jehovah their sanctifier.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
I gaue them also my holy dayes, to be a token betwixte me and them, and therby to knowe, that I am the LORDE, which haloweth them.

New King James Version
Moreover I also gave them My Sabbaths, to be a sign between them and Me, that they might know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Also I gave them My sabbaths to be a sign between Me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them.

Legacy Standard Bible
And I also gave them My sabbaths to be a sign between Me and them, that they might know that I am Yahweh who sanctifies them.

Contextual Overview

¹⁰ Nowe when I had caused them to go out of the lande of Egypt, and brought them into the wildernesse: ¹¹ I gaue them my statutes, and shewed them my iudgementes: which whoso doeth, shall lyue in them. ¹² I gaue them also my Sabbath dayes to be a token betwixt me and them, and therby to knowe that I am the Lorde which halowe them. ¹³ And yet the house of Israel rebelled agaynst me in the wildernesse, they woulde not walke in my statutes, they haue cast away my iudgementes, which whoso doth shall lyue in them, and my Sabbath dayes haue they greatly polluted: then I sayde, I woulde powre out mine indignation vpon them, and consume them in the wildernesse. ¹⁴ And I wrought for my names sake, lest it shoulde be defiled before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out. ¹⁵ Yet neuerthelesse I lift vp my hande vnto them in the wildernesse, that I woulde not bring them into the lande which I gaue them, that floweth with mylke and hony, and is a pleasure of all landes: ¹⁶ And that because they cast away my iudgementes and walked not in my statutes: but haue defiled my Sabbathes: for their heart was gone after their idols. ¹⁷ Neuerthelesse mine eye spared them, so that I woulde not destroy them, nor consume them in the wildernesse. ¹⁸ Moreouer, I sayde vnto their sonnes in the wildernesse, Walke not in the statutes of your fathers, kepe not their iudgementes, and defile not your selues with their idols. ¹⁹ I am the Lord your God, walke in my statutes, kepe my iudgementes, & do the.

Bible Verse Review
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I gave: Genesis 2:3, Exodus 16:29, Exodus 20:8-11, Exodus 35:2, Leviticus 23:3, Leviticus 23:24, Leviticus 23:32, Leviticus 23:39, Leviticus 25:4, Deuteronomy 5:12-15, Nehemiah 9:14, Mark 2:27, Mark 2:28, Colossians 2:16

to be: Ezekiel 20:20, Exodus 31:13-17

I am: Ezekiel 37:28, Exodus 19:5, Exodus 19:6, Leviticus 20:8, Leviticus 21:8, Leviticus 21:15, Leviticus 21:23, John 17:17-19, 1 Thessalonians 5:23, Jude 1:1

Reciprocal: Exodus 31:14 - keep Exodus 31:17 - a sign Leviticus 19:3 - keep Numbers 8:17 - I sanctified Numbers 28:9 - General Deuteronomy 5:13 - General Joshua 4:6 - a sign Psalms 74:9 - We see Isaiah 56:2 - keepeth the Jeremiah 17:22 - neither do Ezekiel 22:26 - hid their Matthew 19:17 - but Mark 12:1 - and set Luke 13:14 - There Romans 3:2 - because Romans 4:11 - the sign Romans 9:4 - the giving

Cross-References

Genesis 11:29
Abram & Nachor toke them wiues: the name of Abrams wife [was] Sarai, and the name of Nachors wyfe, [was] Milcha, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcha, & the father of Iischa.

Genesis 12:13
Say I pray thee, that thou art my sister, that I may fare well for thy sake, and that my soule may liue through thy occasion.

1 Thessalonians 5:22
Abstayne from all appearaunce of euyll.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Moreover, also, I gave them my sabbaths,.... The Targum is,

"the days of the sabbaths;''

or sabbath days, the seventh day sabbaths, which recurring throughout the year are many; but, besides these, there were the year of remission, for the seventh year sabbath; and the jubilee year, the great sabbath of all, once in fifty years; yea, Kimchi thinks the feasts, such as the passover, c. are included: now these are distinguished from the statutes and judgments, or the precepts of the law, which were of a moral nature these being ritual and ceremonial, and were peculiar to the Jews, and continued but for a while; however, they were gifts, and valuable ones, of considerable use and significance:

to be a sign between me and them; of his being their God, and they being his people; of his favour and good will to them, and of the, obligations they were under to him; of his having separated and distinguished them from all other nations of the world; these sabbaths being only given to them as a memorial of their deliverance out of Egypt, and as a pledge of their entering into the land of rest; and of the future rest to be enjoyed by Christ, and in heaven, to all eternity; for these were shadows of things to come, Colossians 2:16;

that they might know that I [am] the Lord that sanctify them; separate them from other nations, and, by such means and opportunities, begin and carry on the work of sanctification in them; for the sabbaths, and the services of them, were useful to such purposes; as Lord's days, and the work of them, are now.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The probation in the wilderness. The promise was forfeited by those to whom it was first conditionally made, but was renewed to their children.

Ezekiel 20:11

The “statutes” were given on Mount Sinai, and repeated by Moses before his death (Exodus 20:1 ff; Deuteronomy 4:8).

In them - Or, through them: and in Ezekiel 20:13.

Ezekiel 20:12

See Exodus 31:13. The Sabbath was a sign of a special people, commemorative of the work of creation, and hallowed to the honor of Yahweh, the covenant-God. As man honored God by keeping the Sabbath holy, so by the Sabbath, God “sanctified” Israel and marked them as a holy people. Therefore to profane the Sabbath was to abjure their Divine Governor.

Ezekiel 20:13

My sabbaths they greatly polluted - Not by actual non-observance of the sabbatical rest in the wilderness, but in failing to make the day holy in deed as well as in name by earnest worship and true heart service.

Ezekiel 20:18

The book of Deuteronomy contains the address to “the children” of those who perished in the wilderness. The whole history of Israel was a repetition of this course. The covenant was made with one generation, broken by them, and then renewed to the next.

Ezekiel 20:25

The “judgments whereby they should not live” are those spoken of in Ezekiel 20:18, and are contrasted with the judgments in Ezekiel 20:13, Ezekiel 20:21, laws other than divine, to which God gives up those whom He afflicts with judicial blindness, because they have willfully closed their eyes, Psalms 81:12; Romans 1:24.

Ezekiel 20:26

To pass through - The word also means to “set apart,” as the firstborn to the Lord Exodus 13:12. They were bidden to “set apart” their firstborn males to the Lord. They “caused them to pass through the fire” to Moloch. An instance of their perversion of God’s laws.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezekiel 20:12. I gave them my Sabbaths — The religious observance of the Sabbath was the first statute or command of God to men. This institution was a sign between God and them, to keep them in remembrance of the creation of the world, of the rest that he designed them in Canaan, and of the eternal inheritance among the saints in light. Of these things the Sabbath was a type and pledge.