Ezekiel 20:12-20

12I also gave them my Sabbaths to serve as a sign between me and them, 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. They did not follow my statutes and they rejected my ordinances — the person who does them will live by them. They also completely profaned my Sabbaths. So I considered pouring out my wrath on them in the wilderness to put an end to them.

14But 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.

15However, I swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land I had given them — the most beautiful of all lands, flowing with milk and honey —

16because they rejected my ordinances, profaned my Sabbaths, and did not follow my statutes. For their hearts went after their idols.

17Yet I spared them from destruction and did not bring them to an end in the wilderness.

18“‘Then I said to their children in the wilderness, “Don’t follow the statutes of your fathers, defile yourselves with their idols, or keep their ordinances.

19I am the Lord your God. Follow my statutes, keep my ordinances, and practice them.

20Keep my Sabbaths holy, and they will be a sign between me and you, so you may know that I am the Lord your God.”