“And the next day he shewed himself unto them as they strove, and would have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one to another?”
'But our ancestors refused to obey him. Instead, they pushed him aside and in their hearts turned back to Egypt - the 'refused to obey' (ouk ēthelon hypakousa) indicates active resistance to Moses. The metaphor 'pushed him aside' (apōtheomai) suggests violent rejection. The turning 'back to Egypt' is a rejection of the exodus, a return to slavery in imagination if not in fact. This is the fundamental sin: rejecting the deliverer.
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