¹¹ I gave them my decrees and made known to them my laws, by which the person who obeys them will live.^{(A) 12} Also I gave them my Sabbaths^(B) as a sign^(C) between us,^(D) so they would know that I the Lord made them holy.^(E)

¹³ “‘Yet the people of Israel rebelled^(F) against me in the wilderness. They did not follow my decrees but rejected my laws^(G)—by which the person who obeys them will live—and they utterly desecrated my Sabbaths.^(H) So I said I would pour out my wrath^(I) on them and destroy^(J) them in the wilderness.^(K)

²⁸ “You have answered correctly,” Jesus replied. “Do this and you will live.”^(A)

⁵ Moses writes this about the righteousness that is by the law: “The person who does these things will live by them.”^[a](A)

¹² The law is not based on faith; on the contrary, it says, “The person who does these things will live by them.”^[a](A)