3. Blow the ram’s horn at new moon,and again at full moon to call a festival!
4. For this is required by the decrees of Israel;it is a regulation of the God of Jacob.
5. He made it a law for Israelwhen he attacked Egypt to set us free.I heard an unknown voice say,
6. “Now I will take the load from your shoulders;I will free your hands from their heavy tasks.
7. You cried to me in trouble, and I saved you;I answered out of the thundercloudand tested your faith when there was no water at Meribah.Interlude
8. “Listen to me, O my people, while I give you stern warnings.O Israel, if you would only listen to me!
9. You must never have a foreign god;you must not bow down before a false god.