New International Version Also I gave them my Sabbaths as a sign between us, so they would know that I the LORD made them holy. 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. 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. 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. Berean Literal Bible And also My Sabbaths I gave to them to be as a sign between Me and between them, that they might know that I am YHWH, the One sanctifying them. King James Bible 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. 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 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. NASB 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. NASB 1977 “And 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. 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). Berean Annotated Bible I also gave them My Sabbaths as a sign between us, so that they would know that I am the LORD {YHWH} who sanctifies them. 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. Holman Christian Standard Bible I also gave them My Sabbaths to serve as a sign between Me and them, so they will know that I am Yahweh who sets them apart as holy.” 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. Contemporary English Version And I commanded them to respect the Sabbath as a way of showing that they were holy and belonged to me. 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. GOD'S WORD® Translation I also gave them certain days to worship me as a sign between us so that they would know that I, the LORD, made them holy. 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. International Standard Version Also, I instituted my Sabbath for them as a sign between me and them, so they would know that I am the LORD, who has set them apart." NET Bible I also gave them my Sabbaths as a reminder of our relationship, so that they would know that I, the LORD, sanctify them. New Heart English Bible Moreover 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. 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. Majority Text Translations Majority Standard BibleI also gave them My Sabbaths as a sign between us, so that they would 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. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd I have also given My Sabbaths to them, "" To be for a sign between Me and them, "" To know that I [am] YHWH who is sanctifying them. Berean Literal Bible And also My Sabbaths I gave to them to be as a sign between Me and between them, that they might know that I am YHWH, the One sanctifying them. 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. Smith's Literal Translation And also my Sabbaths I gave to them to be for a sign between me and between them, to know that I am Jehovah consecrating them. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleMoreover 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. Catholic Public Domain Version Moreover, I also gave to them my Sabbaths, so that these would be a sign between me and them, and so that they would know that I am the Lord, who sanctifies them. New American Bible I also gave them my sabbaths to be a sign between me and them, to show that it is I, the LORD, who makes them holy. New Revised Standard Version Moreover I gave them my sabbaths, as a sign between me and them, so that they might know that I the LORD sanctify them. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleMoreover 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. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Also my Sabbaths I have given them, that they will be signs between me and them, and they shall know that I AM LORD JEHOVAH, I who hallow them OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Moreover 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. Brenton Septuagint Translation 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. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible (Voice ▾ Musical ▾) Context Israel's Rebellion in Egypt…11And I gave them My statutes and made known to them My ordinances—for the man who does these things will live by them. 12I also gave them My Sabbaths as a sign between us, so that they would know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them. 13Yet the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness. They did not follow My statutes and they rejected My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they utterly profaned My Sabbaths. Then I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and put an end to them in the wilderness.… Cross References My Sabbaths Exodus 20:8-11 Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. / Six days you shall labor and do all your work, / but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant or livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates. … Nehemiah 9:14 You revealed to them Your holy Sabbath and gave them commandments and statutes and laws through Your servant Moses. Isaiah 58:13-14 If you turn your foot from breaking the Sabbath, from doing as you please on My holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight, and the LORD’s holy day honorable, if you honor it by not going your own way or seeking your own pleasure or speaking idle words, / then you will delight yourself in the LORD, and I will make you ride on the heights of the land and feed you with the heritage of your father Jacob.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken. as a sign between us, Exodus 31:17 It is a sign between Me and the Israelites forever; for in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, but on the seventh day He rested and was refreshed.’” Genesis 17:11 You are to circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and this will be a sign of the covenant between Me and you. Genesis 9:12-13 And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant I am making between Me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come: / I have set My rainbow in the clouds, and it will be a sign of the covenant between Me and the earth. so that they would know that I am the LORD Ezekiel 37:13 Then you, My people, will know that I am the LORD, when I open your graves and bring you up from them. Ezekiel 38:23 I will magnify and sanctify Myself, and I will reveal Myself in the sight of many nations. Then they will know that I am the LORD. Exodus 6:7 I will take you as My own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. who sanctifies them. Exodus 31:13 “Tell the Israelites, ‘Surely you must keep My Sabbaths, for this will be a sign between Me and you for the generations to come, so that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you. Leviticus 20:8 And you shall keep My statutes and practice them. I am the LORD who sanctifies you. Leviticus 22:32 You must not profane My holy name. I must be acknowledged as holy among the Israelites. I am the LORD who sanctifies you, Deuteronomy 5:12-15 Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy, as the LORD your God has commanded you. / Six days you shall labor and do all your work, / but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your ox or donkey or any of your livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates, so that your manservant and maidservant may rest as you do. … Isaiah 56:2-6 Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who holds it fast, who keeps the Sabbath without profaning it and keeps his hand from doing any evil.” / Let no foreigner who has joined himself to the LORD say, “The LORD will utterly exclude me from His people.” And let the eunuch not say, “I am but a dry tree.” / For this is what the LORD says: “To the eunuchs who keep My Sabbaths, who choose what pleases Me and hold fast to My covenant— … Leviticus 19:3 Each of you must respect his mother and father, and you must keep My Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God. Leviticus 23:3 For six days work may be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, a day of sacred assembly. You must not do any work; wherever you live, it is a Sabbath to the LORD. Treasury of Scripture 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. I gave Genesis 2:3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made. Exodus 16:29 See, for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day. Exodus 20:8-11 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy… to be Ezekiel 20:20 And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the LORD your God. Exodus 31:13-17 Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctify you… I am Ezekiel 37:28 And the heathen shall know that I the LORD do sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore. Exodus 19:5,6 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine: … Leviticus 20:8 And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the LORD which sanctify you. Jump to Previous Clear Further Hallow Holy Moreover Sabbaths Sanctifies Sanctifieth Sanctify SignJump to Next Clear Further Hallow Holy Moreover Sabbaths Sanctifies Sanctifieth Sanctify SignEzekiel 20 1. God refuses to be consulted by the elders of Israel4. He shows the story of their rebellions in Egypt 19. in the desert 27. and in the land 33. He promises to gather them by the Gospel 45. Under the name of a forest he shows the destruction of Jerusalem I also gave them My Sabbaths God gave Israel the Sabbath after delivering them from Egypt and establishing His covenant with them at Sinai. Observing the seventh day set Israel’s weekly life under God’s authority as Creator and Redeemer. Exo 20:8-11 Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.… as a sign between us, The Sabbath, a visible reminder of the covenant, marked Israel as God’s covenant people, distinguishing them from the surrounding nations and reminding them that their lives belonged to Him. Exo 31:17 It is a sign between Me and the Israelites forever;… so that they would know that I am the LORD Their obedience was to acknowledge the LORD as the true God, sovereign over creation, time, and His people. Ezk 37:13 Then you, My people, will know that I am the LORD,… who sanctifies them. God had set Israel apart from other nations for His holy purposes. The Sabbath provided a regular reminder that their holiness came from the LORD, not from their own strength or achievement. Exo 31:13 Tell the Israelites, ‘Surely you must keep My Sabbaths,… Persons / Places / Events 1. EzekielA prophet during the Babylonian exile, Ezekiel was called by God to deliver messages of judgment and hope to the Israelites. 2. Israelites The chosen people of God, who were in a covenant relationship with Him. They were often reminded of their obligations to follow God's laws. 3. Sabbath A day of rest instituted by God as a sign of the covenant between Him and the Israelites, symbolizing rest and sanctification. 4. Babylonian Exile The period when the Israelites were taken captive to Babylon, a time of reflection and repentance for the nation. 5. The LORD (Yahweh) The covenant name of God, emphasizing His role as the sanctifier and the one who sets His people apart. Teaching Points The Significance of the SabbathThe Sabbath is not just a day of rest but a sign of the covenant relationship between God and His people. It serves as a reminder of God's sanctifying work. Sanctification by God The verse emphasizes that it is God who sanctifies His people. Our efforts are secondary to His divine work in setting us apart for His purposes. Covenant Relationship The Sabbath is a tangible expression of the covenant, reminding believers of their unique relationship with God and their call to live distinctively. Rest as a Spiritual Discipline Observing a day of rest is a spiritual discipline that allows believers to focus on God, recharge spiritually, and remember their dependence on Him. Christ as Our Sabbath Rest In the New Testament, Jesus fulfills the Sabbath, offering believers rest from their works and inviting them into a relationship of grace and peace. Bible Study Questions and Answers 1. What is the meaning of Ezekiel 20:12?2. How does Ezekiel 20:12 emphasize the importance of observing the Sabbath today? 3. What does "a sign between Me and them" reveal about God's covenant? 4. How can we apply the Sabbath as a reminder of sanctification in our lives? 5. Connect Ezekiel 20:12 with Exodus 31:13 regarding the Sabbath's role in sanctification. 6. Why is it crucial to understand the Sabbath's significance in our spiritual journey? 7. What is the significance of the Sabbath as a sign in Ezekiel 20:12? 8. How does Ezekiel 20:12 relate to the concept of sanctification? 9. Why did God choose the Sabbath as a sign in Ezekiel 20:12? 10. What are the top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 20? (12) I gave them my sabbaths.--"Not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers" (John 7:22). The Sabbath, like circumcision, was an institution far older than the period here spoken of, but was now commanded anew, and made the especial pledge of the covenant between God and His people. The verse is a quotation from Exodus 31:13; and every one must have remarked the great stress everywhere laid in the Old Testament upon the observance of the Sabbath, and the prominence given to it among the privileges of the Divine covenant. It is plain that the day is regarded not in its mere outward character, as a day of rest, but as "a sign" of the covenant, and a means of realising it in the study of God's word, and the communion of the soul with Him. It is in these latter aspects also that the weekly day of rest still retains its inestimable value--that men "might know that I am the Lord that sanctify them."Verse 12. - I gave them my sabbaths, etc. As in Exodus 31:12-17, the sabbath is treated as the central sign (we might almost say sacrament) of the Jewish Church, not only as a mark differencing them from other nations, but as between Jehovah and them, a witness of their ideal relation to each other, a means of making that ideal relation a reality. Ezekiel 20:12 reveals the Sabbath as God’s gracious gift designed to mark His people, reinforce their relationship with Him, and continually remind them that the LORD Himself sets them apart. By resting, Israel declares trust in the Creator-Redeemer, experiences His sanctifying power, and bears witness to the surrounding world that He alone is God. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew I alsoוְגַ֤ם (wə·ḡam) Conjunctive waw | Conjunction Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and gave נָתַ֣תִּי (nā·ṯat·tî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's 5414: To give, put, set them לָהֶ֔ם (lā·hem) Preposition | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew My Sabbaths שַׁבְּתוֹתַי֙ (šab·bə·ṯō·w·ṯay) Noun - common plural construct | first person common singular Strong's 7676: Intermission, the Sabbath as a sign לְא֔וֹת (lə·’ō·wṯ) Preposition | Noun - common singular Strong's 226: A signal, as a, flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence between us, בֵּינִ֖י (bê·nî) Preposition | first person common singular Strong's 996: An interval, space between so that they would know לָדַ֕עַת (lā·ḏa·‘aṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 3045: To know that כִּ֛י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction I אֲנִ֥י (’ă·nî) Pronoun - first person common singular Strong's 589: I am the LORD יְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel who sanctifies them. מְקַדְּשָֽׁם׃ (mə·qad·də·šām) Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 6942: To be set apart or consecrated Additonal Resources Ezekiel 20:12 Blue Letter BibleEzekiel 20:12 Bible Gateway Ezekiel 20:12 Bible.com Ezekiel 20:12 NIV |
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