Later text
And I gave them My statutes and made known to them My ordinances—for the man who does these things will live by them.
Intertextuality Pair
Ezekiel 20:11 → Leviticus 18:5
Quotation
Earlier text
Keep My statutes and My judgments, for the man who does these things will live by them. I am the LORD.
Significance
Ezekiel 20:11 directly quotes Leviticus 18:5, reproducing the clause "the man who does these things will live by them" (אֲשֶׁר יַעֲשֶׂה אֹתָם הָאָדָם וָחַי בָּהֶם, asher ya'aseh otam ha'adam vachai bahem). In Ezekiel's historical retrospective of Israel in the wilderness, God gave his חֻקּוֹת (chuqqot, "statutes") and מִשְׁפָּטִים (mishpatim, "ordinances") as the pathway to life. By quoting Leviticus 18:5 verbatim, Ezekiel establishes that God's original intention for the law was life-giving, creating the theological foundation for the contrast in the subsequent verses where Israel's repeated rebellion turns the gift of life into the instrument of judgment.
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- Reference Type
- Direct Quotation
- Connection Method(s)
- Longitudinal Theme
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