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# 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]])
# translationWords
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/statute]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/decree]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/unclean]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/gift]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/firstborn]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/womb]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/fire]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/know]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/yahweh]]