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17 However, I spared them from complete destruction; I did not completely finish them off in the desert.

18 “‘I said to their children in the desert, “Don’t live by the laws of your fathers, observe their rulings or defile yourselves with their idols. 19 I am Adonai your God; live by my laws, observe my rulings, and obey them,

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17 Yet I looked on them with pity and did not destroy(A) them or put an end to them in the wilderness. 18 I said to their children in the wilderness, “Do not follow the statutes of your parents(B) or keep their laws or defile yourselves(C) with their idols. 19 I am the Lord your God;(D) follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws.(E)

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