Ezekiel 20 · Verse 12

Ezekiel 20:12

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.
Ezekiel 20:12, King James Version

Ezekiel 20:12 in other translations

BSBI also gave them My Sabbaths as a sign between us, so that they would know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them.
WEBMoreover 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.
ASVMoreover 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.
YLTAnd 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.
DARBYAnd I also gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am Jehovah that hallow them.
BBEAnd further, I gave them my Sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, so that it might be clear that I, who make them holy, am the Lord.
WebsterMoreover 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.

What does Ezekiel 20:12 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
12. sabbaths, ... a sign between me and them--a kind of sacramental pledge of the covenant of adoption between God and His people. The Sabbath is specified as a sample of the whole law, to show that the law is not merely precepts, but privileges, of which the Sabbath is one of the highest. Not that the Sabbath was first instituted at Sinai, as if it were an exclusively Jewish ordinance (Ge 2:2, 3), but it was then more formally enacted, when, owing to the apostasy of the world from the original revelation, one people was called out (De 5:15) to be the covenant-people of God. sanctify them--The observance of the Sabbath contemplated by God was not a mere outward rest, but a spiritual dedication of the day to the glory of God and the good of man. Otherwise it would not be, as it is made, the pledge of universal sanctification (Ex 31:13-17; Is 58:13, 14). Virtually it is said, all sanctity will flourish or decay, according as this ordinance is observed in its full spirituality or not.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 12 I gave them my Sabbaths - The religious observance of the Sabbath was the first statute or command of God to men. This institution was a sign between God and them, to keep them in remembrance of the creation of the world, of the rest that he designed them in Canaan, and of the eternal inheritance among the saints in light. Of these things the Sabbath was a type and pledge.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 20:10-26

. The history of Israel in the wilderness is referred to in the new Testament as well as in the Old, for warning. God did great things for them. He gave them the law, and revived the ancient keeping of the sabbath day. Sabbaths are privileges; they are signs of our being his people. If we do the duty of the day, we shall find, to our comfort, it is the Lord that makes us holy, that is, truly happy, here; and…

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Ezekiel 20:12 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְגַ֤םve.Gamand alsoH1571
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
שַׁבְּתוֹתַי֙sha.be.to.Taisabbaths myH7676
נָתַ֣תִּיna.Ta.tiI gaveH5414
לָהֶ֔םla.Hemto them
לִהְי֣וֹתlih.Yotto becomeH1961
לְא֔וֹתle.'ot<into> a signH226
בֵּינִ֖יbei.Nibetween meH996
וּבֵֽינֵיהֶ֑םu.vei.nei.Hemand between themH996
לָדַ֕עַתla.Da.'atto knowH3045
כִּ֛יkithatH3588
אֲנִ֥י'a.NiIH589
יְהוָ֖הYah.weh[am] YahwehH3068
מְקַדְּשָֽׁם\׃me.ka.de.Sham[who] sanctified themH6942

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Cross references for Ezekiel 20:12

  • Ezekiel 20:20

    And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the Lord your God.

  • Ezekiel 37:28

    And the heathen shall know that I the Lord do sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore.

  • 1 Thessalonians 5:23

    And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

  • Leviticus 21:23

    Only he shall not go in unto the vail, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries: for I the Lord do sanctify them.

  • Exodus 19:5-6

    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 is mine: And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.

  • Mark 2:27-28

    And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath: Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.

  • Deuteronomy 5:12-15

    Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee. Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou. And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the Lord thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the Lord thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.

  • Exodus 31:13-17

    Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the Lord that doth sanctify you. Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people. Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the Lord: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death. Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant. …

  • Exodus 20:8-11

    Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

  • Leviticus 23:3

    Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the Lord in all your dwellings.

  • Leviticus 21:8

    Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I the Lord, which sanctify you, am holy.

  • Leviticus 25:4

    But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for the Lord: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I gave.
Ge 2:3; Ex 16:29; 20:8-11; 35:2; Le 23:3,24,32,39; 25:4; De 5:12-15
Ne 9:14; Mr 2:27,28; Col 2:16
to be.
20; Ex 31:13-17
I am.
37:28; Ex 19:5,6; Le 20:8; 21:8,15,23; Joh 17:17-19; 1Th 5:23
Jude 1:1

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Context

  • Ezekiel 20:11

    And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them.

  • Ezekiel 20:12

    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.

  • Ezekiel 20:13

    But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly polluted: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them.

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Ezekiel 20:12 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y díles también mis sábados, que fuesen por señal entre mí y ellos, para que supiesen que yo soy Jehová que los santifico.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et je leur donnai aussi mes sabbats, pour être un signe entre moi et eux, afin qu’ils connaissent que je suis l’ Éternel qui les sanctifie.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und auch meine Sabbathe gab ich ihnen, damit sie zum Denkzeichen wären zwischen mir und ihnen, auf daß sie wissen möchten, daß ich Jehova bin, der sie heiligt -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Insuper et sabbata mea dedi eis, ut essent signum inter me et eos, et scirent quia ego Dominus sanctificans eos.