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Ezekiel 20:42 Explained in Context

Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.

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Verse 42. And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall bring you into the land of Israel, into the country for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to your fathers.

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Role in This Section

The prophetic word through Ezekiel carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall bring you into the land of…” at Ezekiel 20:42 as part of “Purified Worship and Name-Sake Restoration Close the Review.”

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  • Ezekiel 20:39–44

Read Ezekiel 20:42 inside Ezekiel 20:39–44. The prophetic word through Ezekiel carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall bring you into the land of…” at Ezekiel 20:42 as part of “Purified Worship and Name-Sake Restoration Close the Review.” The complete unit establishes: After ironic dismissal to idols, the oracle promises a holy mountain, accepted offerings, gathering, self-recognition, and action for God's name rather than Israel's corrupt ways.

Why It Needs Context

The prophetic word through Ezekiel carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall bring you into the land of…” at Ezekiel 20:42 as part of “Purified Worship and Name-Sake Restoration Close the Review.” Its force depends on the complete movement and outcome of Ezekiel 20:39–44; the isolated line is connective rather than a complete teaching claim.

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The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.

Read Ezekiel 20:39–44 — Purified Worship and Name-Sake Restoration Close the Review
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Biblical text

King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006

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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.

Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.

Exact location: Ezekiel 20:39–44, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus

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hebrew text and morphology

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Ezekiel

Open Scriptures

Open Scriptures, release 2.2

Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology checked at the exact unit without treating morphology as a critical apparatus or interpretation.

Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Ezek.xml, OSIS 20:39–44

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