26. When you have finished your work, you will make some of it public, and you will give the rest to some wise people, who will keep it secret. Tomorrow at this time you will begin to write.”
27. I did as I was commanded and called all the people together. I said,
28. “Listen to what I have to say, people of Israel.
29. At first our ancestors lived as foreigners in Egypt, but then they were set free
30. and received from God the life-giving Law. But they did not keep it, and when your turn came, you did not keep it either.