Later text
My servant David will be king over them, and there will be one shepherd for all of them. They will follow My ordinances and keep and observe My statutes.
Intertextuality Pair
Echo
Later text
My servant David will be king over them, and there will be one shepherd for all of them. They will follow My ordinances and keep and observe My statutes.
Earlier text
Ezekiel 37:24-28 envisions the restored community under the Davidic shepherd walking in God's מִשְׁפָּטִים (mishpatim, "ordinances") and חֻקּוֹת (chuqqot, "statutes"), echoing the covenant obedience language of Leviticus 26. The culminating promise—"My dwelling place (מִשְׁכָּנִי, mishkani) will be with them" (37:27)—directly echoes Leviticus 26:11-12: "I will make My dwelling place (מִשְׁכָּנִי) among you... I will walk among you." Ezekiel thus frames the eschatological Davidic age as the permanent fulfillment of the Sinai covenant's central promise: God dwelling among His obedient people, with the new covenant ensuring that the obedience which Leviticus required will actually be realized.