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It was to remind them that I am the LORD, who had set them apart to be holy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/ezekiel/20.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Moreover, I gave them my Sabbaths, as a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/20.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />I also gave them My Sabbaths as a sign between us, so that they would know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/20.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I <i>am</i> the LORD that sanctify them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/20.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Moreover I also gave them My Sabbaths, to be a sign between them and Me, that they might know that I <i>am</i> the LORD who sanctifies them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/20.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Also I gave them My Sabbaths to be a sign between Me and them, so that they might know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/20.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Also I gave them My sabbaths to be a sign between Me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/20.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“And also I gave them My sabbaths to be a sign between Me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ezekiel/20.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And I also gave them My sabbaths to be a sign between Me and them, that they might know that I am Yahweh who sanctifies them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ezekiel/20.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Also I gave them My Sabbaths to be a sign between Me and them, that they might know [without any doubt] that I am the LORD who sanctifies them (separates and sets them apart).<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ezekiel/20.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I also gave them my Sabbaths to serve as a sign between me and them, so that they would know that I am the LORD who consecrates them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/20.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I also gave them My Sabbaths to serve as a sign between Me and them, so they will know that I am Yahweh who sets them apart as holy.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezekiel/20.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am Jehovah that sanctifieth them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ezekiel/20.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />And I commanded them to respect the Sabbath as a way of showing that they were holy and belonged to me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezekiel/20.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctify them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ezekiel/20.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />I also gave them certain days to worship me as a sign between us so that they would know that I, the LORD, made them holy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ezekiel/20.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />I made the keeping of the Sabbath a sign of the agreement between us, to remind them that I, the LORD, make them holy. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ezekiel/20.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Also, I instituted my Sabbath for them as a sign between me and them, so they would know that I am the LORD, who has set them apart."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ezekiel/20.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />I also gave them My Sabbaths as a sign between us, so that they would know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ezekiel/20.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />I also gave them my Sabbaths as a reminder of our relationship, so that they would know that I, the LORD, sanctify them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ezekiel/20.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Moreover also I gave them my Sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezekiel/20.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctify them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezekiel/20.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Moreover also I gave them my Sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am Yahweh who sanctifies them. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/20.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And I have also given My Sabbaths to them, "" To be for a sign between Me and them, "" To know that I [am] YHWH who is sanctifying them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ezekiel/20.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And also My sabbaths I have given to them, To be for a sign between Me and them, To know that I am Jehovah their sanctifier.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ezekiel/20.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And also my Sabbaths I gave to them to be for a sign between me and between them, to know that I am Jehovah consecrating them.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezekiel/20.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Moreover I gave them also my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them: and that they might know that I am the Lord that sanctify them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/20.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Moreover, I also gave to them my Sabbaths, so that these would be a sign between me and them, and so that they would know that I am the Lord, who sanctifies them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezekiel/20.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />I also gave them my sabbaths to be a sign between me and them, to show that it is I, the LORD, who makes them holy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/20.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Moreover I gave them my sabbaths, as a sign between me and them, so that they might know that I the LORD sanctify them.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/20.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths to be a sign between me and them, so that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctify them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/20.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Also my Sabbaths I have given them, that they will be signs between me and them, and they shall know that I AM LORD JEHOVAH, I who hallow them<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ezekiel/20.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Moreover also I gave them My sabbaths, to be a sign between Me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctify them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ezekiel/20.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And I gave them my sabbaths, that they should be for a sign between me and them, that they should know that I am the Lord that sanctify them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/20-12.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=5132" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/20.htm">Israel's Rebellion in Egypt</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">11</span>And I gave them My statutes and made known to them My ordinances—for the man who does these things will live by them. <span class="reftext">12</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1571.htm" title="1571: wə·ḡam (Conj) -- Also, moreover, yea. ">I also</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: nā·ṯat·tî (V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">gave</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·hem (Prep:: 3mp) -- ">them</a> <a href="/hebrew/7676.htm" title="7676: šab·bə·ṯō·w·ṯay (N-cpc:: 1cs) -- Sabbath. Intensive from shabath; intermission, i.e the Sabbath.">My Sabbaths</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: lih·yō·wṯ (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass."></a> <a href="/hebrew/226.htm" title="226: lə·’ō·wṯ (Prep:: N-cs) -- A sign. Probably from 'uwth; a signal, as a flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc.">as a sign</a> <a href="/hebrew/996.htm" title="996: bê·nî (Prep:: 1cs) -- An interval, space between. ">between us,</a> <a href="/hebrew/996.htm" title="996: ū·ḇê·nê·hem (Conj-w:: Prep:: 3mp) -- An interval, space between. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/3045.htm" title="3045: lā·ḏa·‘aṯ (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- A primitive root; to know; used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially.">so that they would know</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/589.htm" title="589: ’ă·nî (Pro-1cs) -- I. Contracted from 'anokiy; I.">I</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">am the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/6942.htm" title="6942: mə·qad·də·šām (V-Piel-Prtcpl-msc:: 3mp) -- To be set apart or consecrated. A primitive root; to be clean.">who sanctifies them.</a> </span><span class="reftext">13</span>Yet 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.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/31-13.htm">Exodus 31:13</a></span><br />“Tell the Israelites, ‘Surely you must keep My Sabbaths, for this will be a sign between Me and you for the generations to come, so that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/20-8.htm">Exodus 20:8-11</a></span><br />Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. / Six days you shall labor and do all your work, / but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant or livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/5-12.htm">Deuteronomy 5:12-15</a></span><br />Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy, as the LORD your God has commanded you. / Six days you shall labor and do all your work, / but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your ox or donkey or any of your livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates, so that your manservant and maidservant may rest as you do. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/56-2.htm">Isaiah 56:2-6</a></span><br />Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who holds it fast, who keeps the Sabbath without profaning it and keeps his hand from doing any evil.” / Let no foreigner who has joined himself to the LORD say, “The LORD will utterly exclude me from His people.” And let the eunuch not say, “I am but a dry tree.” / For this is what the LORD says: “To the eunuchs who keep My Sabbaths, who choose what pleases Me and hold fast to My covenant— ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/19-3.htm">Leviticus 19:3</a></span><br />Each of you must respect his mother and father, and you must keep My Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/23-3.htm">Leviticus 23:3</a></span><br />For six days work may be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, a day of sacred assembly. You must not do any work; wherever you live, it is a Sabbath to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/9-14.htm">Nehemiah 9:14</a></span><br />You revealed to them Your holy Sabbath and gave them commandments and statutes and laws through Your servant Moses.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/2-2.htm">Genesis 2:2-3</a></span><br />And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work. / Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on that day He rested from all the work of creation that He had accomplished.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/4-9.htm">Hebrews 4:9-10</a></span><br />There remains, then, a Sabbath rest for the people of God. / For whoever enters God’s rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from His.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/2-27.htm">Mark 2:27-28</a></span><br />Then Jesus declared, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. / Therefore, the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/12-8.htm">Matthew 12:8</a></span><br />For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/2-16.htm">Colossians 2:16-17</a></span><br />Therefore let no one judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a feast, a New Moon, or a Sabbath. / These are a shadow of the things to come, but the body that casts it belongs to Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/14-5.htm">Romans 14:5</a></span><br />One person regards a certain day above the others, while someone else considers every day alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/58-13.htm">Isaiah 58:13-14</a></span><br />If you turn your foot from breaking the Sabbath, from doing as you please on My holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight, and the LORD’s holy day honorable, if you honor it by not going your own way or seeking your own pleasure or speaking idle words, / then you will delight yourself in the LORD, and I will make you ride on the heights of the land and feed you with the heritage of your father Jacob.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/17-21.htm">Jeremiah 17:21-22</a></span><br />This is what the LORD says: Take heed for yourselves; do not carry a load or bring it through the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. / You must not carry a load out of your houses or do any work on the Sabbath day, but you must keep the Sabbath day holy, just as I commanded your forefathers.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctify them.</p><p class="hdg">I gave</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/2-3.htm">Genesis 2:3</a></b></br> And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/16-29.htm">Exodus 16:29</a></b></br> See, for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/20-8.htm">Exodus 20:8-11</a></b></br> Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy… </p><p class="hdg">to be</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/20-20.htm">Ezekiel 20:20</a></b></br> And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I <i>am</i> the LORD your God.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/31-13.htm">Exodus 31:13-17</a></b></br> Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it <i>is</i> a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that <i>ye</i> may know that I <i>am</i> the LORD that doth sanctify you… </p><p class="hdg">I am</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/37-28.htm">Ezekiel 37:28</a></b></br> And the heathen shall know that I the LORD do sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/19-5.htm">Exodus 19:5,6</a></b></br> Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth <i>is</i> mine: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/20-8.htm">Leviticus 20:8</a></b></br> And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I <i>am</i> the LORD which sanctify you.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/20-11.htm">Clear</a> <a href="/ezekiel/12-28.htm">Further</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-27.htm">Hallow</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-24.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/ezekiel/19-1.htm">Moreover</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-6.htm">Sabbaths</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-32.htm">Sanctifies</a> <a href="/1_samuel/16-5.htm">Sanctifieth</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-28.htm">Sanctify</a> <a href="/ezekiel/14-8.htm">Sign</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/20-20.htm">Clear</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-15.htm">Further</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-20.htm">Hallow</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-20.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-15.htm">Moreover</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-13.htm">Sabbaths</a> <a href="/ezekiel/37-28.htm">Sanctifies</a> <a href="/ezekiel/37-28.htm">Sanctifieth</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-20.htm">Sanctify</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-20.htm">Sign</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 20</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/20-1.htm">God refuses to be consulted by the elders of Israel</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/20-4.htm">He shows the story of their rebellions in Egypt</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/20-19.htm">in the desert</a></span><br><span class="reftext">27. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/20-27.htm">and in the land</a></span><br><span class="reftext">33. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/20-33.htm">He promises to gather them by the Gospel</a></span><br><span class="reftext">45. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/20-45.htm">Under the name of a forest he shows the destruction of Jerusalem</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The Sabbath was given to Israel as a covenant sign (<a href="/exodus/31-13.htm">Exodus 31:13-17</a>), distinguishing them from other nations. It served as a reminder of God's creation and His deliverance of Israel from Egypt (<a href="/deuteronomy/5-15.htm">Deuteronomy 5:15</a>). The Sabbath was not merely a day of rest but a symbol of the relationship between God and His people, emphasizing His authority and provision.<p><b>as a sign between us</b><br>In biblical terms, a "sign" is a visible or tangible reminder of a covenant. The Sabbath was a perpetual sign of the covenant between God and Israel, much like circumcision (<a href="/genesis/17-11.htm">Genesis 17:11</a>). It was meant to be a constant reminder of their unique relationship with God, setting them apart as His chosen people. This sign was intended to foster a sense of identity and belonging, reinforcing their commitment to God's laws and statutes.<p><b>so that they would know that I am the LORD</b><br>The phrase underscores the purpose of the Sabbath as a means of revelation. It was designed to deepen the Israelites' understanding of God's character and His sovereignty. By observing the Sabbath, the Israelites acknowledged God's lordship and His role as the Creator and Sustainer of life. This knowledge was not just intellectual but relational, fostering a deeper connection with God.<p><b>who sanctifies them</b><br>Sanctification refers to the process of being set apart for a holy purpose. In the context of the Old Testament, God sanctified Israel by choosing them as His people and giving them His laws. The Sabbath was a tool for sanctification, providing a regular opportunity for spiritual renewal and reflection. It pointed forward to the ultimate sanctification through Jesus Christ, who fulfills the law and offers rest for the soul (<a href="/matthew/11-28.htm">Matthew 11:28-30</a>; <a href="/hebrews/4-9.htm">Hebrews 4:9-10</a>). The Sabbath thus serves as a type of the rest and sanctification found in Christ.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a></b><br>A prophet during the Babylonian exile, Ezekiel was called by God to deliver messages of judgment and hope to the Israelites.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The chosen people of God, who were in a covenant relationship with Him. They were often reminded of their obligations to follow God's laws.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/s/sabbath.htm">Sabbath</a></b><br>A day of rest instituted by God as a sign of the covenant between Him and the Israelites, symbolizing rest and sanctification.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/b/babylonian_exile.htm">Babylonian Exile</a></b><br>The period when the Israelites were taken captive to Babylon, a time of reflection and repentance for the nation.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The covenant name of God, emphasizing His role as the sanctifier and the one who sets His people apart.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_significance_of_the_sabbath.htm">The Significance of the Sabbath</a></b><br>The Sabbath is not just a day of rest but a sign of the covenant relationship between God and His people. It serves as a reminder of God's sanctifying work.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/sanctification_by_god.htm">Sanctification by God</a></b><br>The verse emphasizes that it is God who sanctifies His people. Our efforts are secondary to His divine work in setting us apart for His purposes.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/covenant_relationship.htm">Covenant Relationship</a></b><br>The Sabbath is a tangible expression of the covenant, reminding believers of their unique relationship with God and their call to live distinctively.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/rest_as_a_spiritual_discipline.htm">Rest as a Spiritual Discipline</a></b><br>Observing a day of rest is a spiritual discipline that allows believers to focus on God, recharge spiritually, and remember their dependence on Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/christ_as_our_sabbath_rest.htm">Christ as Our Sabbath Rest</a></b><br>In the New Testament, Jesus fulfills the Sabbath, offering believers rest from their works and inviting them into a relationship of grace and peace.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezekiel_20.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 20</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_the_sabbath_sign_rarely_mentioned.htm">In Ezekiel 20:12–13, the Sabbath is presented as a sign between God and Israel. Why is this sign rarely mentioned in other biblical narratives of the same events? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/isaiah_58_13__sabbath_vs._sunday_worship.htm">Isaiah 58:13 – How can the chapter’s call to honor the Sabbath be reconciled with Christianity’s shift to Sunday worship, suggesting inconsistency with Old Testament commands?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'lord_of_the_sabbath'_mean.htm">What does "Lord of the Sabbath" mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/romans_14_5_vs._ot_sabbath_mandates.htm">Romans 14:5 – How does allowing each person to decide which day is sacred align with Old Testament mandates on the Sabbath? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezekiel/20.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(12) <span class= "bld">I gave them my sabbaths.</span>--"Not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers" (<a href="/john/7-22.htm" title="Moses therefore gave to you circumcision; (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and you on the sabbath day circumcise a man.">John 7:22</a>). The Sabbath, like circumcision, was an institution far older than the period here spoken of, but was now commanded anew, and made the especial pledge of the covenant between God and His people. The verse is a quotation from <a href="/exodus/31-13.htm" title="Speak you also to the children of Israel, saying, Truly my sabbaths you shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that you may know that I am the LORD that does sanctify you.">Exodus 31:13</a>; and every one must have remarked the great stress everywhere laid in the Old Testament upon the observance of the Sabbath, and the prominence given to it among the privileges of the Divine covenant. It is plain that the day is regarded not in its mere outward character, as a day of rest, but as "a sign" of the covenant, and a means of realising it in the study of God's word, and the communion of the soul with Him. It is in these latter aspects also that the weekly day of rest still retains its inestimable value--that men "might know that I am the Lord that sanctify them."<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/20.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 12.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">I gave them my sabbaths,</span> etc. As in <a href="/exodus/31-12.htm">Exodus 31:12-17</a>, the sabbath is treated as the central sign (we might almost say sacrament) of the Jewish Church, not only as a mark differencing them from other nations, but as <span class="cmt_word">between Jehovah and them</span>, a witness of their ideal relation to each other, a means of making that ideal relation a reality. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/20-12.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">I also</span><br /><span class="heb">וְגַ֤ם</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḡam)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1571.htm">Strong's 1571: </a> </span><span class="str2">Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and</span><br /><br /><span class="word">gave</span><br /><span class="heb">נָתַ֣תִּי</span> <span class="translit">(nā·ṯat·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> </span><span class="str2">To give, put, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">them</span><br /><span class="heb">לָהֶ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(lā·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">My Sabbaths</span><br /><span class="heb">שַׁבְּתוֹתַי֙</span> <span class="translit">(šab·bə·ṯō·w·ṯay)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common plural construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7676.htm">Strong's 7676: </a> </span><span class="str2">Intermission, the Sabbath</span><br /><br /><span class="word">as a sign</span><br /><span class="heb">לְא֔וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(lə·’ō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | Noun - common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_226.htm">Strong's 226: </a> </span><span class="str2">A signal, as a, flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence</span><br /><br /><span class="word">between us,</span><br /><span class="heb">בֵּינִ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(bê·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_996.htm">Strong's 996: </a> </span><span class="str2">An interval, space between</span><br /><br /><span class="word">so that they would know</span><br /><span class="heb">לָדַ֕עַת</span> <span class="translit">(lā·ḏa·‘aṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3045.htm">Strong's 3045: </a> </span><span class="str2">To know</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּ֛י</span> <span class="translit">(kî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲנִ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_589.htm">Strong's 589: </a> </span><span class="str2">I</span><br /><br /><span class="word">am the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">who sanctifies them.</span><br /><span class="heb">מְקַדְּשָֽׁם׃</span> <span class="translit">(mə·qad·də·šām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6942.htm">Strong's 6942: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be set apart or consecrated</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/20-12.htm">Ezekiel 20:12 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/20-12.htm">Ezekiel 20:12 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezekiel/20-12.htm">Ezekiel 20:12 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/20-12.htm">Ezekiel 20:12 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/20-12.htm">Ezekiel 20:12 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/20-12.htm">Ezekiel 20:12 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/20-12.htm">Ezekiel 20:12 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/20-12.htm">Ezekiel 20:12 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/20-12.htm">Ezekiel 20:12 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ezekiel/20-12.htm">Ezekiel 20:12 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezekiel/20-12.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 20:12 Moreover also I gave them my Sabbaths (Ezek. 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