Ezekiel 20:12 “I also gave them My Sabbaths as a sign between us, so that they would…”

Ezekiel 20:12

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 Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

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 the LORD who sanctifies them.

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

Moreouer I gaue them also my Sabbaths to be a signe betweene me and them, that they might knowe that I am the Lord, that sanctifie them.

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.

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.

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.

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Cross references

“I gave”

Exodus 20:8–11 Leviticus 23:3 Deuteronomy 5:12–15 Genesis 2:3 Exodus 16:29 Exodus 35:2

Exodus 20:8–11 · BSB

Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.

Leviticus 23:3 · BSB

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.

Deuteronomy 5:12–15 · BSB

Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy, as the LORD your God has commanded you.

Genesis 2:3 · BSB

Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on that day He rested from all the work of creation that He had accomplished.

Exodus 16:29 · BSB

Understand that the LORD has given you the Sabbath; that is why on the sixth day He will give you bread for two days. On the seventh day, everyone must stay where he is; no one may leave his place.”

Exodus 35:2 · BSB

For six days work may be done, but the seventh day shall be your holy day, a Sabbath of complete rest to the LORD. Whoever does any work on that day must be put to death.

“to be”

Ezekiel 20:20 Exodus 31:13–17

Ezekiel 20:20 · BSB

Keep My Sabbaths holy, that they may be a sign between us, so that you may know that I am the LORD your God.’

Exodus 31:13–17 · BSB

“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.

“I am”

Ezekiel 37:28 Leviticus 21:23 1 Thessalonians 5:23 Leviticus 20:8 Leviticus 21:8 Leviticus 21:15

Ezekiel 37:28 · BSB

Then the nations will know that I the LORD sanctify Israel, when My sanctuary is among them forever.’”

Leviticus 21:23 · BSB

but because he has a defect, he must not go near the veil or approach the altar, so as not to desecrate My sanctuaries. For I am the LORD who sanctifies them.’”

1 Thessalonians 5:23 · BSB

Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely, and may your entire spirit, soul, and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Leviticus 20:8 · BSB

And you shall keep My statutes and practice them. I am the LORD who sanctifies you.

Leviticus 21:8 · BSB

You are to regard him as holy, since he presents the food of your God. He shall be holy to you, because I the LORD am holy—I who set you apart.

Leviticus 21:15 · BSB

so that he does not defile his offspring among his people, for I am the LORD who sanctifies him.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

11And I gave them My statutes and made known to them My ordinances—for the man who does these things will live by 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.

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