4. For observing the festival is a requirement for Israel;it is an ordinance given by the God of Jacob.
5. He decreed it as a regulation in Joseph,when he attacked the land of Egypt.I heard a voice I did not recognize.
6. It said: “I removed the burden from his shoulder;his hands were released from holding the basket.
7. In your distress you called out and I rescued you.I answered you from a dark thundercloud.I tested you at the waters of Meribah. (Selah)
8. I said, ‘Listen, my people!I will warn you!O Israel, if only you would obey me!