Wherefore I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt, and brought them into the wilderness.
God caused Israel to go forth out of the land of Egypt and brought them into the wilderness. There in the wilderness He gave them His statutes and His judgments and His Sabbaths. That wilderness account joins their deliverance from Egypt to the seventh-day Sabbath. He made the Sabbath a sign between Himself and them. The sign was given so they might know that He is the Lord who sanctifies them.
In that wilderness Israel polluted the Sabbath and disobeyed God, yet He spared them for His name's sake. Their rebellion kept them from entering the promised land.
God caused Israel to go forth out of the land of Egypt and brought them into the wilderness. There in the wilderness He gave them His statutes and His judgments and His Sabbaths. That wilderness account joins their deliverance from Egypt to the seventh-day Sabbath. He made the Sabbath a sign between Himself and them. The sign was given so they might know that He is the Lord who sanctifies them.
In that wilderness Israel polluted the Sabbath and disobeyed God, yet He spared them for His name's sake. Their rebellion kept them from entering the promised land.