King James Version
Ezekiel 20:10 in the King James Version says “Wherefore I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt, and brought them into the wilderness.” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 20 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Wherefore I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt, and brought them into the wilderness.”
Ezekiel 20:10 · KJV
But they rebelled against me, and would not hearken unto me: they did not every man cast away the abominations of their eyes, neither did they forsake the idols of Egypt: then I said, I will pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.
But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, among whom they were, in whose sight I made myself known unto them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt.
Wherefore I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt, and brought them into the wilderness.
And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them. shewed: Heb. made them to know
Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctify them.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Wherefore I caused them to go forth”
H3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim
“them into the wilderness”
H4057a pasture (i.e., open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert
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