12 I also gave them my Sabbaths to serve as a sign between me and them,(A) so that they would know that I am the Lord who consecrates them.

13 “‘But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness.(B) They did not follow my statutes and they rejected my ordinances—the person who does them will live by them.(C) They also completely profaned my Sabbaths.(D) So I considered pouring out my wrath on them in the wilderness to put an end to them.(E) 14 But I acted for the sake of my name, so that it would not be profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.

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12 Also I gave them my Sabbaths(A) as a sign(B) between us,(C) so they would know that I the Lord made them holy.(D)

13 “‘Yet the people of Israel rebelled(E) against me in the wilderness. They did not follow my decrees but rejected my laws(F)—by which the person who obeys them will live—and they utterly desecrated my Sabbaths.(G) So I said I would pour out my wrath(H) on them and destroy(I) them in the wilderness.(J) 14 But for the sake of my name I did what would keep it from being profaned(K) in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.(L)

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