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Ezekiel 20:7

And 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.’

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ASV

And I said unto them, Cast ye away every man the abominations of his eyes, and defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt; I am Jehovah your God.

KJV

Then said I unto them, Cast ye away every man the abominations of his eyes, and defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וָאֹמַ֣רva.'o.Marand I saidH559 →
אֲלֵהֶ֗ם'a.le.Hemto themH413 →
אִ֣ישׁ'isheveryoneH376 →
שִׁקּוּצֵ֤יshi.ku.Tzei[the] detestable things ofH8251 →
עֵינָיו֙'ei.Naveyes hisH5869 →
הַשְׁלִ֔יכוּhash.Li.khuthrow awayH7993 →
וּבְגִלּוּלֵ֥יu.ve.gi.lu.Leiand by [the] idols ofH1544 →
מִצְרַ֖יִםmitz.Ra.yimEgyptH4714 →
אַל־'al-may notH408 →
תִּטַּמָּ֑אוּti.ta.Ma.'uyou make yourselves uncleanH2930 →
אֲנִ֖י'a.NiIH589 →
יְהוָ֥הYah.weh[am] YahwehH3068 →
אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃'e.lo.hei.KhemGod yourH430 →

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Leviticus 18:3You must not follow the practices of the land of Egypt, where you used to live, and you must not follow the practices of the land of Canaan, into which I am bringing you. You must not walk in their customs.Ezekiel 20:8But they rebelled against Me and refused to listen. None of them cast away the abominations before their eyes, and they did not forsake the idols of Egypt. So I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and vent My anger against them in the land of Egypt.Ezekiel 18:31Cast away from yourselves all the transgressions you have committed, and fashion for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, O house of Israel?Deuteronomy 29:16–18For you yourselves know how we lived in the land of Egypt and how we passed through the nations on the way here.Leviticus 11:44For I am the LORD your God; consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am holy. You must not defile yourselves by any creature that crawls along the ground.Ezekiel 18:6He does not eat at the mountain or look to the idols of the house of Israel. He does not defile his neighbor’s wife or approach a woman during her period.Ezekiel 6:9Then in the nations to which they have been carried captive, your survivors will remember Me—how I have been grieved by their adulterous hearts that turned away from Me, and by their eyes that lusted after idols. So they will loathe themselves for the evil they have done and for all their abominations.Ezekiel 23:3and they played in Egypt, prostituting themselves from their youth. Their breasts were fondled there, and their virgin bosoms caressed.2 Chronicles 15:8When Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Azariah son of Oded the prophet, he took courage and removed the detestable idols from the whole land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities he had captured in the hill country of Ephraim. He then restored the altar of the LORD that was in front of the portico of the LORD’s temple.Ezekiel 23:8She did not give up the prostitution she began in Egypt, when men slept with her in her youth, caressed her virgin bosom, and poured out their lust upon her.Leviticus 17:7They must no longer offer their sacrifices to the goat demons to which they have prostituted themselves. This will be a permanent statute for them for the generations to come.’Isaiah 31:7For on that day, every one of you will reject the idols of silver and gold that your own hands have sinfully made.Ezekiel 14:6Therefore tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Repent and turn away from your idols; turn your faces away from all your abominations.Ezekiel 20:19I am the LORD your God; walk in My statutes, keep My ordinances, and practice them.Ezekiel 18:15He does not eat at the mountain or look to the idols of the house of Israel. He does not defile his neighbor’s wife.Exodus 16:12“I have heard the grumbling of the Israelites. Tell them, ‘At twilight you will eat meat, and in the morning you will be filled with bread. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God.’”Exodus 20:2“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.Exodus 20:4You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath.

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