When the cloud stayed over the Tent for a long time, they obeyed the LORD and did not move on.

I will bless you, because Abraham obeyed me and kept all my laws and commands."

All this time you have never once deserted the other Israelites. You have been careful to obey the commands of the LORD your God.

They have not taken charge of the sacred rituals in my Temple, but instead have put foreigners in charge.

the LORD Almighty had said: "If you obey my laws and perform the duties I have assigned you, then you will continue to be in charge of my Temple and its courts, and I will hear your prayers, just as I hear the prayers of the angels who are in my presence.