5. The Lord made an agreement with Jacob.He gave the teachings to Israel.And he commanded our ancestorsto teach them to their children.
6. Then their children would know them,even their children not yet born.And they would tell their children.
7. So they would all trust God.They would not forget what God had done.Instead, they would obey his commands.
8. They would not be like their ancestorswho were stubborn and disobedient.Their hearts were not loyal to God.They were not true to him.
9. The men of Ephraim had bows for weapons.But they ran away on the day of battle.
10. They didn’t keep their agreement with God.They refused to live by his teachings.
11. They forgot what he had doneand the miracles he had shown them.
12. He did miracles while their ancestors watched,in the fields of Zoan in Egypt.
13. He divided the Red Sea and led them through.He made the water stand up like a wall.
14. He led them with a cloud by day.And he led them at night by the light of a fire.