en_tn/ezk/20/25.md

# General Information:

Yahweh continues giving Ezekiel his message to the elders of Israel.

# Then I also gave them statutes that were not good, and decrees by which they could not live

The words statutes in this phrase do not refer to God's law. God permitted them to live by human laws and judgments that were not good.

# gave them

The word "them" refers to the children of those whom Yahweh brought out of Egypt.

# by their gifts

Here the word "gifts" refers to the sacrifices that the people made to the idols that they worshiped.

# they made a sacrifice of every firstborn of the womb

The phrase "firstborn of the womb" refers to the firstborn child of a woman. The word "sacrifice" can be translated with a verb. AT: "they sacrificed every woman's firstborn child" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])

# put them into the fire

It is implicit that they put them into the fire in order to offer them as burnt offerings to their idols. AT: "sacrificed them as burnt offerings" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# General Information:`

added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00			`Yahweh continues giving Ezekiel his message to the elders of Israel.`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# Then I also gave them statutes that were not good, and decrees by which they could not live`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00			`The words statutes in this phrase do not refer to God's law. God permitted them to live by human laws and judgments that were not good.`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# gave them`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
			`The word "them" refers to the children of those whom Yahweh brought out of Egypt.`

initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# by their gifts`

			`Here the word "gifts" refers to the sacrifices that the people made to the idols that they worshiped.`

			`# they made a sacrifice of every firstborn of the womb`

			`The phrase "firstborn of the womb" refers to the firstborn child of a woman. The word "sacrifice" can be translated with a verb. AT: "they sacrificed every woman's firstborn child" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])`

			`# put them into the fire`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`It is implicit that they put them into the fire in order to offer them as burnt offerings to their idols. AT: "sacrificed them as burnt offerings" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])`