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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