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Rebellion in the Wilderness (First Generation)
Ezekiel 20:10-17
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So I had them leave the land of Egypt and brought them into the desert.
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I gave them my laws and showed them my rulings; if a person obeys them, he will have life through them.
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I gave them my shabbats as a sign between me and them, so that they would know that I, ADONAI, am the one who makes them holy.
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"'But the house of Isra'el rebelled against me in the desert. They did not live by my laws; and they rejected my rulings, which, if a person does, he will have life through them; moreover, they greatly profaned my shabbats. Then I said I would pour out my fury on them in the desert, in order to destroy them.
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But concern for my own reputation kept me from letting it be profaned in the sight of the nations who had seen when I brought them out.
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Yet I also raised my hand and swore to them in the desert that I would not bring them into the land I was giving them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the most beautiful of all lands;
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because they had rejected my rulings, did not live by my laws and profaned my shabbats; since their hearts went after their idols.
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However, I spared them from complete destruction; I did not completely finish them off in the desert.
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