3Blow the trumpets during the festival to celebrate each new moon and each time the moon is full and during our other festivals.
4Do that because that is a law for us Israeli people; God commanded it for us descendants of Jacob.
5He commanded us Israeli people to obey it when he punished the people of Egypt. I heard someone MTY whose voice I did not recognize, saying,
6“ After the rulers of Egypt forced you Israelis to work as slaves, I took those heavy burdens off your backs, and I enabled you to lay down those heavy baskets of bricks that you were carrying.