5. And say unto them, Thus hath the Lord GOD said; In the day when I chose Israel and lifted up my hand for the seed of the house of Jacob and made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt when I lifted up my hand unto them, saying, I am the Lord your God;
6. in the day that I lifted up my hand unto them with an oath that I would bring them forth from the land of Egypt into a land that I had prepared for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the most beautiful of all lands,
7. then said I unto them, Cast away each one of you all worship of god fabricated by carnal appearance and do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.
8. But they rebelled against me and did not desire to hearken unto me; each one did not cast away the abominations of their eyes, neither did they forsake the idols of Egypt; then I said, I will pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.
9. With all this, I intervened for my name’s sake that it should not be polluted before the Gentiles, among whom they were, in whose sight I made myself known unto them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt.
10. Therefore I took them out of the land of Egypt and brought them into the wilderness;
11. and I gave them my statutes and declared unto them my rights, by which the man that does them shall live by them.
12. And I also gave them my sabbaths to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the Lord that sanctifies them.
13. But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they did not walk in my statutes, and they despised my rights, by which the man that does them shall live by them; and my sabbaths they greatly polluted; therefore I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness to consume them.
14. But I intervened for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted before the Gentiles, in whose sight I brought them out.
15. Yet I also lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness, with an oath that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the most beautiful of all lands,
16. because they despised my rights and did not walk in my statutes but polluted my Sabbaths, for their heart went after their idols.
17. With all this, my eye spared them from destroying them, neither did I make an end of them in the wilderness.
18. But I said unto their sons in the wilderness: Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers, neither keep their laws, nor defile yourselves with their idols:
19. I am the Lord your God; walk in my statutes, and keep my rights, and do them;