KJV King James Version
And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant:
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Ezekiel 20:37
And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
I will make you pass under the rod and will bring you into the bond of the covenant.
WEB World English Bible
I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant;
ASV American Standard Version
And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And I have caused you to pass under the rod, And brought you into the bond of the covenant,
Surrounding context — Ezekiel 20
34 And I will bring you out from the people, and will gather you out of the countries wherein ye are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out.
35 And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and there will I plead with you face to face.
36 Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I plead with you, saith the Lord GOD.
37 And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant:
38 And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me: I will bring them forth out of the country where they sojourn, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD.
39 As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord GOD; Go ye, serve ye every one his idols, and hereafter [also], if ye will not hearken unto me: but pollute ye my holy name no more with your gifts, and with your idols.
40 For in mine holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, there shall all the house of Israel, all of them in the land, serve me: there will I accept them, and there will I require your offerings, and the firstfruits of your oblations, with all your holy things.
Cross-references
Leviticus 27:32And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, [even] of whatsoever passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto the LORD.Jeremiah 33:13In the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the vale, and in the cities of the south, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, shall the flocks pass again under the hands of him that telleth [them], saith the LORD.Matthew 25:32-33And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth [his] sheep from the goats:Ezekiel 16:59-60For thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even deal with thee as thou hast done, which hast despised the oath in breaking the covenant.Psalm 89:30-32If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;Amos 3:2You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.Leviticus 26:25And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of [my] covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.Ezekiel 34:17And [as for] you, O my flock, thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I judge between cattle and cattle, between the rams and the he goats.
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