Ezekiel 20:18

“And I said to their sons in the wilderness, In the statutes of your fathers do not walk, and their rules do not keep, and with their idols do not defile yourselves.”

Ezekiel 20:18 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 20:18, word by word

And I saidאֹמַרomar

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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to their sonsבְּנֵיbene

son

The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.

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in the wildernessמִּדְבָּרmidbar

wilderness

Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.

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In the statutesחוּקֵּיchuke

statute

A rule that God or a king sets and that must be kept.

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of your fathersאֲבוֹתֵיavote

forefather

Ancestors, those who came before in the family.

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walkתֵּלֵכוּtelechu

walk

To conduct oneself day by day in a certain way, as one walks along a road.

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and their rulesמִשְׁפְּטֵיmishpte

rule

Each of the rules the law gives for concrete cases of life.

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keepתִּשְׁמֹרוּtishmoru

keep

To obey the covenant or the commands.

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and with their idolsגִלּוּלֵיgilule

idols

Idols; a scornful word that calls them logs or worthless things.

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defile yourselvesתִּטַּמָּאוּtitamau

be unclean

To become unclean, for example by touching the dead.

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The context

17Yet my eye pitied them so as not to destroy them, and I did not make a total destruction of them in the wilderness.

18 · This verse (above)

19I am YHWH your Elohim; in my statutes walk, and my rules keep, and do them;

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