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Ezekiel 20:18

In the wilderness I said to their children: ‘Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers or keep their ordinances or defile yourselves with their idols.

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ASV

And I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their ordinances, nor defile yourselves with their idols.

KJV

But I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols:

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וָאֹמַ֤רva.'o.Marand I saidH559 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
בְּנֵיהֶם֙be.nei.Hemchildren theirH1121 →
בַּמִּדְבָּ֔רba.mid.Barin the wildernessH4057 →
בְּחוּקֵּ֤יbe.chu.Keiin [the] statutes ofH2706 →
אֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶם֙'a.vo.tei.Khemancestors yourH1 →
אַל־'al-may notH408 →
תֵּלֵ֔כוּte.Le.khuyou walkH1980 →
וְאֶת־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853 →
מִשְׁפְּטֵיהֶ֖םmish.pe.tei.Hemjudgments theirH4941 →
אַל־'al-may notH408 →
תִּשְׁמֹ֑רוּtish.Mo.ruyou keepH8104 →
וּבְגִלּוּלֵיהֶ֖םu.ve.gi.lu.lei.Hemand by idols theirH1544 →
אַל־'al-may notH408 →
תִּטַּמָּֽאוּ׃ti.ta.Ma.'uyou make yourselves uncleanH2930 →

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Psalms 1:1Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers.Psalms 106:39They defiled themselves by their actions and prostituted themselves by their deeds.Psalms 78:8Then they will not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose heart was not loyal, whose spirit was not faithful to God.Joshua 24:14Now, therefore, fear the LORD and serve Him in sincerity and truth; cast aside the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates and in Egypt, and serve the LORD.Zechariah 1:2–4“The LORD was very angry with your fathers.Ezekiel 20:7And I said to them: ‘Each of you must throw away the abominations before his eyes, and you must not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.’Deuteronomy 4:3–6Your eyes have seen what the LORD did at Baal-peor, for the LORD your God destroyed from among you all who followed Baal of Peor.Acts 7:51You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.Psalms 78:6–8that the coming generation would know them— even children yet to be born— to arise and tell their own children1 Peter 1:18For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,Amos 2:4This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Judah, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they reject the Law of the LORD and fail to keep His statutes; they are led astray by the lies in which their fathers walked.Numbers 14:32–33As for you, however, your bodies will fall in this wilderness.Numbers 32:13–15The anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until the whole generation who had done evil in His sight was gone.Luke 11:47–48Woe to you! You build tombs for the prophets, but it was your fathers who killed them.Jeremiah 3:9Indifferent to her own infidelity, Israel had defiled the land and committed adultery with stones and trees.Jeremiah 2:7I brought you into a fertile land to eat its fruit and bounty, but you came and defiled My land, and made My inheritance detestable.Ezekiel 18:17He withholds his hand from harming the poor and takes no interest or usury. He keeps My ordinances and follows My statutes. Such a man will not die for his father’s iniquity. He will surely live.Jeremiah 32:23They came in and possessed it, but they did not obey Your voice or walk in Your law. They failed to perform all that You commanded them to do, and so You have brought upon them all this disaster.

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