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Moses said to Yahweh, "The people can`t come up to Mount Sinai, for you charged us, saying, `Set bounds around the mountain, and sanctify it.`"
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God Knows the Heart
Moses believed the physical boundaries and prior warnings were sufficient, acting as a guarantor for the people's obedience. However, commentators explain that God knew the people's inner intentions. They harbored a rebellious desire to "break through" and gaze. This highlights the difference between human assessment and God's perfect knowledge of our hearts, showing that God is concerned not just with our actions, but with our attitudes.
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Exodus
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19th Century
Anglican
The people cannot come up.—Moses probably means that they cannot do so unwittingly; he does not contemplate the case of an intentional tre…
16th Century
Protestant
And Moses said to the Lord. Because Moses was convinced that the people would be obedient, he replied that the decree already pronounced w…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Moses said to the Lord Upon his giving such strict orders both with respect to the people and the priests:
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Presbyterian
Never was there such a sermon preached, before or since, as this which was preached to the church in the wilderness. It might be supposed that the …
