10“‘So I brought them out of the land of Egypt and led them to the wilderness.
11I gave them my statutes and revealed my regulations to them. The one who carries them out will live by them!
12I also gave them my Sabbaths as a reminder of our relationship, so that they would know that I, the LORD, sanctify them.
13But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness; they did not follow my statutes and they rejected my regulations(the one who obeys them will live by them), and they utterly desecrated my Sabbaths. So I decided to pour out my rage on them in the wilderness and destroy them.
14I acted for the sake of my reputation, so that I would not be profaned before the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.
15I also swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them to the land I had given them– a land flowing with milk and honey, the most beautiful of all lands.
16I did this because they rejected my regulations, did not follow my statutes, and desecrated my Sabbaths; for their hearts followed their idols.
17Yet I had pity on them and did not destroy them, so I did not make an end of them in the wilderness.
18“‘But I said to their children in the wilderness,“Do not follow the practices of your fathers; do not observe their regulations, nor defile yourselves with their idols.
19I am the LORD your God; follow my statutes, observe my regulations, and carry them out.
20Treat my Sabbaths as holy and they will be a reminder of our relationship, and then you will know that I am the LORD your God.”