6 That day I swore to bring them out of the land of Egypt to the land I had searched out for them, a land flowing with milk and honey, a jewel among all lands.
7 Then I said to them: Throw away, each of you, the detestable things that held your eyes; do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt: I am the Lord, your God.
8 But they rebelled and refused to listen to me; none of them threw away the detestable things that held their eyes, nor did they abandon the idols of Egypt. Then I considered pouring out my fury and spending my anger against them there in the land of Egypt.
9 I acted for the sake of my name, that it should not be desecrated in the eyes of the nations among whom they were: in the eyes of the nations I had made myself known to them, to bring them out of the land of Egypt.
10 Therefore I led them out of the land of Egypt and brought them into the wilderness.
11 Then I gave them my statutes and made known to them my ordinances, so that everyone who keeps them has life through them.
12 I also gave them my sabbaths to be a sign between me and them, to show that it is I, the Lord, who makes them holy.