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Eze 20:28 — [For] when I had brought them into the land, [for] the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to them, then they saw every high hill, and all the thick trees, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation of their offering: there also they made their sweet savour, and poured out there their drink offerings.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

when I		Jos 23:3,4,14; Neh 9:22-26; Psa 78:55-58
the which		Eze 20:6,15; Gen 15:18-21; Gen 26:3,4; Psa 105:8-11
they saw		Eze 6:13; Psa 78:58; Isa 57:5-7; Jer 2:7; Jer 3:6
their sweet		Eze 16:19

Correlating Passages

when I

	Jos 23:3	And ye have seen all that the LORD your God hath done unto all these nations because of you; for the LORD your God [is] he that hath fought for you.
	Jos 23:4	Behold, I have divided unto you by lot these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea westward.
	Jos 23:14	And, behold, this day I [am] going the way of all the earth: and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the LORD your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, [and] not one thing hath failed thereof.
	Neh 9:22	Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and didst divide them into corners: so they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.
	Neh 9:23	Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them into the land, concerning which thou hadst promised to their fathers, that they should go in to possess [it].
	Neh 9:24	So the children went in and possessed the land, and thou subduedst before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gavest them into their hands, with their kings, and the people of the land, that they might do with them as they would.
	Neh 9:25	And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.
	Neh 9:26	Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations.
	Psa 78:55	He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
	Psa 78:56	Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:
	Psa 78:57	But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
	Psa 78:58	For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.

the which

	Eze 20:6	In the day [that] I lifted up mine hand unto them, to bring them forth of the land of Egypt into a land that I had espied for them, flowing with milk and honey, which [is] the glory of all lands:
	Eze 20:15	Yet also I lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given [them], flowing with milk and honey, which [is] the glory of all lands;
	Gen 15:18	In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
	Gen 15:19	The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,
	Gen 15:20	And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,
	Gen 15:21	And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.
	Gen 26:3	Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;
	Gen 26:4	And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
	Psa 105:8	He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word [which] he commanded to a thousand generations.
	Psa 105:9	Which [covenant] he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;
	Psa 105:10	And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, [and] to Israel [for] an everlasting covenant:
	Psa 105:11	Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance:

they saw

	Eze 6:13	Then shall ye know that I [am] the LORD, when their slain [men] shall be among their idols round about their altars, upon every high hill, in all the tops of the mountains, and under every green tree, and under every thick oak, the place where they did offer sweet savour to all their idols.
	Psa 78:58	For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.
	Isa 57:5	Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks?
	Isa 57:6	Among the smooth [stones] of the stream [is] thy portion; they, they [are] thy lot: even to them hast thou poured a drink offering, thou hast offered a meat offering. Should I receive comfort in these?
	Isa 57:7	Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither wentest thou up to offer sacrifice.
	Jer 2:7	And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made mine heritage an abomination.
	Jer 3:6	The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen [that] which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot.

their sweet

Eze 16:19

My meat also which I gave thee, fine flour, and oil, and honey, [wherewith] I fed thee, thou hast even set it before them for a sweet savour: and [thus] it was, saith the Lord GOD.

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