Ezekiel 20:26
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And I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass through the fire all that openeth the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I am the Lord.And I pronounced them unclean through their gifts—the sacrifice of every firstborn in the fire—so that I might devastate them, in order that they would know that I am the LORD.
In other translations
And I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass through the fire all that openeth the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I am the Lord.And I pronounced them unclean through their gifts—the sacrifice of every firstborn in the fire—so that I might devastate them, in order that they would know that I am the LORD.
Hebrew words
וָאֲטַמֵּאva'atame'and I made uncleanH2930אוֹתָם'otam<obj.> themH853בְּמַתְּנוֹתָםbematenotamby gifts theirH4979בְּהַעֲבִירbeha'avirwhen made pass throughH5674כָּל־kol-everyH3605פֶּטֶרpeterfirstborn ofH6363רָחַםrachama wombH7356לְמַעַןlema'anso thatH4616אֲשִׁמֵּם'ashimemI may make appalled themH8074לְמַעַןlema'anso thatH4616אֲשֶׁר'asherthisH834יֵדְעוּyede'uthey may knowH3045אֲשֶׁר'asherthatH834אֲנִי'aniIH589יְהוָה׃ סyahweh[am] YahwehH3068
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