🌾 Ezekiel 20

Ezekiel 20 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, “In the seventh year, in the fifth month, the tenth day of the month, some of the elders of Israel came to inquire of Yahweh, and sat before me.” That is not a motto invented for a poster. It is the first sentence a family hears when this page is opened at night.

Keep going a little further. The chapter also says, “Moreover also I gave them statutes that were not good, and ordinances in which they should not live.” Ezekiel 20 opens with these words: “In the seventh year, in the fifth month, the tenth day of the month, some of the elders of Israel came to inquire of Yahweh, and sat…” The line to keep is Ezekiel 20:7: “I said to them, ‘Each of you throw away the abominations of his eyes. Don’t defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt. I am Yahweh your God.’” Carry the word “throw” from that verse into the rest of the day.

The line worth learning out loud is Ezekiel 20:7: “I said to them, ‘Each of you throw away the abominations of his eyes. Don’t defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt. I am Yahweh your God.’” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.

What happens first in Ezekiel 20? Then try this: Read “I said to them, ‘Each of you throw away the abominations of his eyes. Don’t defile yourselves with the idols…” once more. What does it show you about God? You do not have to finish every verse. You can close the book after the memory verse and still have read the Bible together.