Ezekiel 20:11

“And I gave them my statutes, &c.] The precepts of his law, the law on Mount Sinai, of which there were not the like among other nations; nor were they given unto them, but were a special gift unto Israel, and greatly to be valued, (<050408>Deuteronomy 4:8 <19E719>Psalm 147:19,20 19:8-10); and showed them judgments: the nature, use, and excellency of the the necessity and advantage of observing them: the same as before, called “statutes”, because appointed, fixed, and certain, being of inviolable and lasting obligation; and “judgments”, being according to strict justice and equity: these, though they were originally written on man’s heart, yet so obliterated by sin that there was need not…”

“which if a man do, he shall . . . five in them--not "by them," as though they could justify a man, seeing that man cannot render the faultless obedience required (Lev 18:5; Gal 3:12). "By them" is the expression indeed in Rom 10:5; but there the design is to show that, if man could obey all God's laws, he would be justified "by them" (Gal 3:21); but he cannot; he therefore needs to have justification by "the Lord our righteousness" (Jer 23:6); then, having thus received life, he "lives," that is, maintains, enjoys, and exercises this life only in so far as he walks "in" the laws of God. So Deu 30:15-16. The Israelites, as a nation, had life already freely given to them by God's covenant of…”

“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…”

“I gave: Deu 4:8; Neh 9:13, Neh 9:14; Psa 147:19, Psa 147:20; Rom 3:2 showed them: Heb. made them to know which: Eze 20:13, Eze 20:21; Lev 18:5; Deu 20:15, Deu 20:16; Luk 10:28; Rom 10:5; Gal 3:12 Ezekiel 20:12”