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And I gaveוָאֶתֵּןthemלָהֶםmy statutes,אֶת חֻקּוֹתַיand my rulesוְאֶת מִשְׁפָּטַיI made knownהוֹדַעְתִּיto them,אוֹתָםwhichאֲשֶׁרif a human beingהָאָדָםdoesיַעֲשֶׂהthem,אוֹתָםhe will liveוָחַיby them.בָּהֶם
Ezekiel 20:11
Study it in the app“And I gave them my statutes, and my rules I made known to them, which if a human being does them, he will live by them.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 20:11, word by word
- And I gaveאֶתֵּןeten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “eten” appears- my statutesחֻקּוֹתַchukota
statute
Statute: a fixed rule, laid down to be kept always.
Where else “chukota” appears- and my rulesמִשְׁפָּטַmishpata
rule
Each of the rules the law gives for concrete cases of life.
Where else “mishpata” appears- I made knownהוֹדַעְתִּיhodati
make known
To make someone aware, teach.
Where else “hodati” appears- if a human beingאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- doesיַעֲשֶׂהyaase
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “yaase” appears- he will liveחַיchay
live
Live.
Where else “chay” appears
Translation note
Leviticus 18:5 says the same; Romans 10:5 and Galatians 3:12 quote it.
The context
10And I brought them out of the land of Egypt and brought them into the wilderness.
11 · This verse (above)
12And also my Sabbaths I gave them, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am YHWH who sanctifies them.