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Not God's Law
Scholars are unanimous that the 'statutes that were not good' are not the Mosaic Law. God's own law is described as good and life-giving. Instead, commentators identify these 'statutes' as the idolatrous and pagan practices Israel chose to adopt. This verse describes the destructive nature of false worship, not a flaw in God's commands.
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Ezekiel
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Albert Barnes
On Ezekiel 20:10–26
18th Century
Theologian
The probation in the wilderness. The promise was forfeited by those to whom it was first conditionally made, but was renewed to their children.
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Charles Ellicott
On Ezekiel 20:25
19th Century
Bishop
Statutes that were not good. — In this verse, the general statement is made, of which a particular instance is given in the next. …
John Calvin
On Ezekiel 20:25
16th Century
Theologian
Here God announces that He had taken vengeance on such hard and obstinate people by permitting them to endure another yoke, since they would not be…
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John Gill
On Ezekiel 20:25
17th Century
Pastor
Wherefore I gave them also statutes [that were] not good
Yea, were very bad; not the moral law, and the statutes of …