But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly polluted: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them. (Ezekiel 20:13)
For a historical example of Israel’s rebellion against God’s commandments in the wilderness see Ex. 32:1-6. Of the violation of the Sabbath there are two recorded instances (Ex. 16:27; Num. 15:32).