21. “But that generation also defied me. They broke my laws and did not keep my commands, which bring life to anyone who obeys them. They profaned the Sabbath. I was ready to let them feel the force of my anger there in the desert and kill them all.
22. But I did not, since that would have brought dishonour to my name among the nations which had seen me bring Israel out of Egypt.
23. So I made another promise in the desert. I vowed that I would scatter them all over the world.