Yehezkiel 20:7

20:7 I said to them, “Each of you must get rid of the detestable idols you keep before you, ¹  and do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt; I am the Lord your God.”

Yehezkiel 20:18

20:18 “‘But I said to their children ²  in the wilderness, “Do not follow the practices of your fathers; do not observe their regulations, ³  nor defile yourselves with their idols.

Yehezkiel 20:43

20:43 And there you will remember your conduct ⁴  and all your deeds by which you defiled yourselves. You will despise yourselves ⁵  because of all the evil deeds you have done.

Yehezkiel 36:18

36:18 So I poured my anger on them ⁶  because of the blood they shed on the land and because of the idols with which they defiled it. ⁷ 

[20:7]  ¹ tn Heb “each one, the detestable things of his eyes, throw away.” The Pentateuch does not refer to the Israelites worshiping idols in Egypt, but Josh 24:14 appears to suggest that they did so.

[20:18]  ² tn Heb “sons,” reflecting the patriarchal idiom of the culture.

[20:18]  ³ tn Or “standard of justice.” See Ezek 7:27.

[20:43]  ⁴ tn Heb “ways.”

[20:43]  ⁵ tn Heb “loathe yourselves in your faces.”

[36:18]  ⁶ sn See Ezek 7:8; 9:8; 14:19; 20:8, 13, 21; 22:22; 30:15.

[36:18]  ⁷ sn For the concept of defiling the land in legal literature, see Lev 18:28; Deut 21:23.