37. This is the Moses who said to the sons of Israel, 'God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your brethren.'
38. This is the one who was in the congregation in the wilderness together with the angel who was speaking to him on Mount Sinai, and who was with our fathers; and he received living oracles to pass on to you.
39. Our fathers were unwilling to be obedient to him, but repudiated him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt,
40. saying to Aaron, 'Make for us gods who will go before us; for this Moses who led us out of the land of Egypt-we do not know what happened to him.'