Ezekiel 20:5-7

New Century Version

⁵ Say to them: ‘This is what the Lord God says: When I chose Israel, I made a promise to the descendants of Jacob. I made myself known to them in Egypt, and I promised them, “I am the Lord your God.” ⁶ At that time I promised them I would bring them out of Egypt into a land I had found for them, a fertile land, the best land in the world. ⁷ I said to them, “Each one of you must throw away the hateful idols you have seen and liked. Don’t make yourselves unclean with the idols of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.”