12. You led our ancestors with a pillar of cloud by dayand with a pillar of fire at night.It lit the waythey were supposed to go.
13. You came down to Mount Sinaiand spoke from heaven to our ancestors.You gave them fair rules and true teachings,good orders and commands.
14. You told them about your holy Sabbathand gave them commands, orders, and teachingsthrough your servant Moses.
15. When they were hungry, you gave them bread from heaven.When they were thirsty, you brought them water from the rock.You told them to enter and take overthe land you had promised to give them.
16. “But our ancestors were proud and stubbornand did not obey your commands.
17. They refused to listen;they forgot the miracles you did for them.So they became stubborn and turned against you,choosing a leader to take them back to slavery.But you are a forgiving God.You are kind and full of mercy.You do not become angry quickly, and you have great love.So you did not leave them.