Nehemiah 9:13-17

English Standard Version

^13 (A)You came down on Mount Sinai ^(B)and spoke with them from heaven and gave them ^(C)right rules and true laws, good statutes and commandments, ^14 (D)and you made known to them your holy Sabbath and commanded them commandments and statutes and a law by Moses your servant. ^15 (E)You gave them bread from heaven for their hunger and ^(F)brought water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and you ^(G)told them to go in to possess the land that you had sworn to give them.

¹⁶ “But they and our fathers ^(H)acted presumptuously and stiffened their neck and did not obey your commandments. ¹⁷ They refused to obey ^(I)and were not mindful of the wonders that you performed among them, but they stiffened their neck and appointed a leader to return to their slavery in Egypt.^[a] But you are a God ready to forgive, ^(J)gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and did not forsake them.