Israels barn hade ju syndat mot HERREN, sin Gud, honom som hade fört dem upp ur Egyptens land, undan Faraos, den egyptiske konungens, hand, och de hade fruktat andra gudar. ###>For so it was, that the children of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, which had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods,