10 And I brought them out from the land of Egypt, and I brought them to the desert,
11 and I gave my statutes to them, and my regulations I made known to them, which, if a person does them, then he will live by them.
12 And also my Sabbaths I gave to them to be a sign between me and between them so they would know that I, Yahweh, am the one sanctifying them.
13 “But in the desert the house of Israel rebelled against me; they did not walk in my statutes, and they rejected my regulations, which, if a person does them, he will live by them, and they greatly profaned my Sabbaths, and I decided to pour out my rage on them in the desert to destroy them,
14 and I acted for the sake of my name, that it not be profaned before the eyes of the nations before whom I brought them out.
15 And also I myself swore to them in the desert not to bring them into the land that I had given to them, flowing with milk and honey—it is the most beautiful of all of the lands—
16 because they despised my judgments, and they did not walk in my statutes, and my Sabbaths they profaned, for their heart was going after their idols.