11. And I gave them My statutes and showed them My judgments, ‘which, if a man does, he shall live by them.’
12. Moreover I also gave them My Sabbaths, to be a sign between them and Me, that they might know that I am the Lord who sanctifies them.
13. Yet the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness; they did not walk in My statutes; they despised My judgments, ‘which, if a man does, he shall live by them’; and they greatly defiled My Sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out My fury on them in the wilderness, to consume them.
14. But I acted for My name’s sake, that it should not be profaned before the Gentiles, in whose sight I had brought them out.
15. So I also raised My hand in an oath to them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, ‘flowing with milk and honey,’ the glory of all lands,
16. because they despised My judgments and did not walk in My statutes, but profaned My Sabbaths; for their heart went after their idols.
17. Nevertheless My eye spared them from destruction. I did not make an end of them in the wilderness.
18. “But I said to their children in the wilderness, ‘Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers, nor observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols.
19. I am the Lord your God: Walk in My statutes, keep My judgments, and do them;
20. hallow My Sabbaths, and they will be a sign between Me and you, that you may know that I am the Lord your God.’
21. “Notwithstanding, the children rebelled against Me; they did not walk in My statutes, and were not careful to observe My judgments, ‘which, if a man does, he shall live by them’; but they profaned My Sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out My fury on them and fulfill My anger against them in the wilderness.
22. Nevertheless I withdrew My hand and acted for My name’s sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the Gentiles, in whose sight I had brought them out.
23. Also I raised My hand in an oath to those in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the Gentiles and disperse them throughout the countries,