Ezekiel 20:5-12

LEB(i) 5 And you must say to them, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "On the day of my choosing Israel I swore* to the offspring of the house of Jacob, and I made myself known to them in the land of Egypt, and I swore* to them, saying,* 'I am Yahweh your God.' 6 On that day I swore* to them to bring them out from the land of Egypt to the land that I had searched out for them, flowing with milk and honey—it is the most beautiful of all of the lands. 7 Then I said to them, 'Let each one throw away the detestable things of his eyes, and you must not make yourselves unclean with the idols of Egypt! I am Yahweh your God.' 8 But they rebelled against me, and they were not willing to listen to me; each one did not throw away* the detestable things of their eyes; and they did not abandon* the idols of Egypt, and I decided to pour out my rage on them, to fully vent my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt. 9 "But* I acted for the sake of my name to keep it from being profaned* before the eyes of the nations among whom they lived,* where I made known to them before their eyes, to bring them out from the land of Egypt. 10 And I brought them out from the land of Egypt, and I brought them to the desert, 11 and I gave my statutes to them, and my regulations I made known to them, which, if a person does them, then he will live by them. 12 And also my Sabbaths I gave to them to be a sign between me and between them so they would know* that I, Yahweh, am the one sanctifying them.