Ezekiel 20:10-17

10So I led them out of the land of Egypt and brought them into the wilderness.

11I gave them my statutes and made known to them my rules, by which, if a person does them, he shall live.

12Moreover, I gave them my Sabbaths, as a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the Lord who sanctifies them.

13But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness. They did not walk in my statutes but rejected my rules, by which, if a person does them, he shall live; and my Sabbaths they greatly profaned. "Then I said I would pour out my wrath upon them in the wilderness, to make a full end of them.

14But I acted for the sake of my name, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I had brought them out.

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

16because they rejected my rules and did not walk in my statutes, and profaned my Sabbaths; for their heart went after their idols.

17Nevertheless, my eye spared them, and I did not destroy them or make a full end of them in the wilderness.