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Ezekiel 20:11

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

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ASV

And I gave them my statutes, and showed them mine ordinances, which if a man do, he shall live in them.

KJV

And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וָאֶתֵּ֤ןva.'e.Tenand I gaveH5414 →
לָהֶם֙la.Hemto them
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
חֻקּוֹתַ֔יchu.ko.Taistatutes myH2708 →
וְאֶת־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853 →
מִשְׁפָּטַ֖יmish.pa.Taijudgments myH4941 →
הוֹדַ֣עְתִּיho.Da'.tiI made known toH3045 →
אוֹתָ֑ם'o.Tam<obj.> themH853 →
אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
יַעֲשֶׂ֥הya.'a.Sehhe will doH6213 →
אוֹתָ֛ם'o.Tam<obj.> themH853 →
הָאָדָ֖םha.'a.Damthe personH120 →
וָחַ֥יva.Chaiand he will liveH2421 →
בָּהֶֽם׃ba.Hemby them

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Ezekiel 33:15if he restores a pledge, makes restitution for what he has stolen, and walks in the statutes of life without practicing iniquity—then he will surely live; he will not die.Deuteronomy 4:1Hear now, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances I am teaching you to follow, so that you may live and may enter and take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you.Ezekiel 18:9He follows My statutes and faithfully keeps My ordinances. That man is righteous; surely he will live, declares the Lord GOD.Romans 10:5For concerning the righteousness that is by the law, Moses writes: “The man who does these things will live by them.”Leviticus 18:5Keep My statutes and My judgments, for the man who does these things will live by them. I am the LORD.Luke 10:28“You have answered correctly,” Jesus said. “Do this and you will live.”Deuteronomy 4:8And what nation is great enough to have righteous statutes and ordinances like this entire law I set before you today?Galatians 3:12The law, however, is not based on faith; on the contrary, “The man who does these things will live by them.”Romans 2:13For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but it is the doers of the law who will be declared righteous.Psalms 147:19–20He declares His word to Jacob, His statutes and judgments to Israel.Ezekiel 20:13Yet 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.Nehemiah 9:13–14You came down on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven. You gave them just ordinances, true laws, and good statutes and commandments.Nehemiah 9:6You alone are the LORD. You created the heavens, the highest heavens with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to all things, and the host of heaven worships You.Nehemiah 9:29You admonished them to turn back to Your law, but they were arrogant and disobeyed Your commandments. They sinned against Your ordinances, by which a man will live if he practices them. They stubbornly shrugged their shoulders; they stiffened their necks and would not obey.Romans 3:2Much in every way. First of all, they have been entrusted with the very words of God.Ezekiel 20:21But the children rebelled against Me. They did not walk in My statutes or carefully observe My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they profaned My Sabbaths. So I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and vent My anger against them in the wilderness.Deuteronomy 20:15–16This is how you are to treat all the cities that are far away from you and do not belong to the nations nearby.Romans 7:10So I discovered that the very commandment that was meant to bring life actually brought death.

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The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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