Ezekiel 20:37

And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant:

And I will cause you to pass {H5674} under the rod {H7626}, and I will bring {H935} you into the bond {H4562} of the covenant {H1285}:

'I will make you pass under the crook and bring you into the obligations of the covenant.

I will make you pass under the rod and will bring you into the bond of the covenant.

And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant;

Commentary

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Cross-References

  • Leviticus 27:32 (7 votes)

    And 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 33:13 (7 votes)

    In 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 (5 votes)

    And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth [his] sheep from the goats:

  • Matthew 25:33 (5 votes)

    And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.

  • Psalms 89:30 (4 votes)

    If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;

  • Psalms 89:32 (4 votes)

    Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.

  • Ezekiel 16:59 (4 votes)

    For thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even deal with thee as thou hast done, which hast despised the oath in breaking the covenant.