"This manledthem out, performingwondersand signsin the landof Egyptand in the RedSeaand in the wildernessfor fortyyears.
"Then You performedsignsand wondersagainst Pharaoh,Against allhis servantsand allthe peopleof his land;For You knewthat they actedarrogantlytowardthem, And madea namefor Yourself as [it is] thisday.
"For fortyyearsI loathed[that] generation,And saidthey are a peoplewho errin their heart,And they do not knowMy ways.
Do not hardenyour hearts,as at Meribah,As in the dayof Massahin the wilderness,
And at the endof fourhundredand thirtyyears,to the veryday,allthe hostsof the LORDwentout from the landof Egypt.
Then Mosesstretchedout his handoverthe sea;and the LORDsweptthe sea[back] by a strongeastwindallnightand turnedthe seainto dryland,so the waterswere divided.
The sonsof Israelatethe mannafortyyears,untilthey cameto an inhabitedland;they atethe mannauntilthey cameto the borderof the landof Canaan.
"So I will stretchout My handand strikeEgyptwith allMy miracleswhichI shall doin the midstof it; and afterthat he will let you go.
Then the LORDspoketo Moses,"Depart,goup from here,you and the peoplewhomyou have broughtup from the landof Egypt,to the landof whichI sworeto Abraham,Isaac,and Jacob,saying,To your descendantsI will giveit.'
SoJesussaidto him, "Unlessyou [people] seesignsand wonders,you [simply] will not believe."
"For a periodof aboutforty yearsHe putup with them in the wilderness.
"But Godturned awayand deliveredthem up to servethe hostof heaven;as it is writtenin the bookof the prophets,IT WAS NOT TO ME THAT YOU OFFEREDVICTIMSAND SACRIFICESFORTYYEARSIN THE WILDERNESS,WAS IT, O HOUSEOF ISRAEL?
"Your clothingdid not wearout on you, nordid your footswellthesefortyyears.
DO NOT HARDENYOUR HEARTSAS WHENTHEY PROVOKEDME, AS IN THE DAYOF TRIALIN THE WILDERNESS,
WHEREYOUR FATHERSTRIED[Me] BY TESTING[Me], AND SAWMY WORKSFOR FORTYYEARS.
NOT LIKETHE COVENANTWHICHI MADEWITH THEIR FATHERSON THE DAYWHEN I TOOKTHEM BY THE HANDTO LEADTHEM OUT OF THE LANDOF EGYPT;FOR THEY DID NOT CONTINUEIN MY COVENANT,AND I DID NOT CAREFOR THEM, SAYSTHE LORD.
