6 so that the next generation might learn themand in turn should tell their children.
7 In this way they also would put their trust in Godand not forget what he has done,but always obey his commandments.
8 They would not be like their ancestors,a rebellious and disobedient people,whose trust in God was never firmand who did not remain faithful to him.
9 The Ephraimites, armed with bows and arrows,ran away on the day of battle.
10 They did not keep their covenant with God;they refused to obey his law.
11 They forgot what he had done,the miracles they had seen him perform.
12 While their ancestors watched, God performed miraclesin the plain of Zoan in the land of Egypt.