Ezekiel 20:19

Old Testament Major Prophet ASV (1901)

What does Ezekiel 20:19 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “I am Jehovah your God: walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them;” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

I am Jehovah your God: walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them;
Ezekiel 20:19 — American Standard Version

Context — Ezekiel 20

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
19I am Jehovah your God: walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them;

What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“I [am] the Lord your God, &c.] Not only that had made them and preserved them, but had chose them above all people to be his people; who had made a covenant with them, and had distinguished them by his favours from all others: walk in my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; which he had given unto their fathers, and they had neglected and despised; those contained in the decalogue, and in the whole book of Deuteronomy, and elsewhere,”
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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“It is an indirect denial of God, and a robbing Him of His due, to add man's inventions to His precepts.”
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Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“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…”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“the Lord: Exo 20:2, Exo 20:3; Deu 5:6, Deu 5:7, Deu 7:4-6; Psa 81:9, Psa 81:10; Jer 3:22, Jer 3:23 walk: Eze 11:20, Eze 36:27, Eze 37:24; Deu 4:1, Deu 5:1, Deu 5:32, Deu 5:33, 6:1-8:20, 10:1-12:32; Neh 9:13, Neh 9:14; Psa 19:7-11, Psa 105:45; Tit 2:11-14 Ezekiel 20:20”
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