Ezekiel 20:12-14

Contemporary English Version

^12 (A) And I commanded them to respect the Sabbath as a way of showing that they were holy and belonged to me. ¹³ But the Israelites rebelled against me in the desert. They refused to obey my laws and teachings, and they treated the Sabbath like any other day.

Then in my anger, I decided to destroy the Israelites in the desert once and for all. ¹⁴ But that would have disgraced me, because many other nations had seen me bring the Israelites out of Egypt.