36. So Moses led the people out of Egypt. He worked miracles and signs in Egypt, at the Red Sea, and then in the desert for 40 years.
37. This is the same Moses that said to the Jewish people: ‘God will give you a prophet like me. He will be one of your own people.’
38. This is the same Moses who was with the gathering of the Jews in the desert. He was with the angel that spoke to him at Mount Sinai, and he was with our ancestors. He received commands from God that give life, and he gave those commands to us.
39. “But our fathers did not want to obey Moses. They rejected him. They wanted to go back to Egypt again.