2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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Yahweh continues giving Ezekiel his message to the elders of Israel.
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2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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## Then I also gave them statutes that were not good, and decrees by which they could not live ##
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The words statutes in this phrase do not refer to God's law. God permitted them to live by human laws and judgments that were not good.
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## gave them ##
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The word "them" refers to the children of those whom Yahweh brought out of Egypt.
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## by their gifts ##
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AT: "by the gifts that they gave me." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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