^9-10 but for the sake of My good name and reputation, I decided against it. I thought it better not to profane My name in the eyes of those nations around where My people lived. After all, I had revealed Myself to them when I brought My people out of the land of Egypt and into the wilderness. ¹¹ I gave them My laws and commandments so that if they would follow them, they might live. ¹² I also gave them My Sabbaths as a sign that they would know that I, the Eternal One, have made them holy.