11 I gave them my decrees and made known to them my laws, by which the person who obeys them will live.
11 I gave them my statutes and made known to them my rules, by which, if a person does them, he shall live.
11 "'I gave them laws for living, showed them how to live well and obediently before me.
11 And I gave them My statutes and showed them My judgments, 'which, if a man does, he shall live by them.'
11 There I gave them my decrees and regulations so they could find life by keeping them.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Ezekiel 20:11
Commentary on Ezekiel 20:10-26
(Read 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 prepares us to be happy, that is, perfectly holy, hereafter. The Israelites rebelled, and were left to the judgments they brought upon themselves. God sometimes makes sin to be its own punishment, yet he is not the Author of sin: there needs no more to make men miserable, than to give them up to their own evil desires and passions.