Exodus 19:24 - 20:1
And the Lord said to him, “Go down, and come up bringing Aaron with you. But do not let the priests and the people break through to come up to the Lord, lest he break out against them.” So Moses went down to the people and told them.
(The Ten Commandments)
And God spoke all these words, saying,
Tag; Individual Responsibility to the Truth
Later in the book of Exodus, Moses will come down from Mount Sinai and discover that Aaron, his brother and co-leader of the people, has led and/or allowed he people to make a golden calf to worship. The thought is that while Moses is up in the mountain with God, receiving “The Law,” Aaron is down in the valley breaking “The Law.” However, as noted about Aaron and the people seem to be present with the giving of, at least, the Ten Commandments. We see that God has told them, with His own voice, they are to have “no other gods before them.” It is later that Moses is up in the mountain for the “rest” of the Law and Aaron in the valley, making a golden calf. The nation of Israel had personal responsibility to hear God’s commands and to obey them. They can not feign ignorance. They can not blame Moses. Aaron will later blame the people, but he, too, was there. We each have an individual responsibility for the truth we are given. God has given us truth, in one way or another. God demands that we obey the truth we were given and holds us accountable for that truth.
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