Ezekiel 20:12-20

12Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctify them.

13But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they rejected my judgments, which if a man do, he shall live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly profaned: then I said I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them.

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

15Moreover also I lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands;

16because they rejected my judgments, and walked not in my statutes, and profaned my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.

17Nevertheless mine eye spared them from destroying them, neither did I make a full end of them in the wilderness.

18And I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols:

19I am the LORD your God; walk in my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them:

20and hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the LORD your God.