Do not be angry, my lord, Aaron answered. You know how prone these people are to evil. Aaron's deflection is accurate but insufficient. The people are indeed prone to evil; that is precisely why they needed a leader who would resist rather than accommodate. 1 Corinthians 10:13 says God provides a way out when you are tempted — Aaron had access to that exit and chose not to take it. The deflection to circumstances as explanation for the leader's failure is recognizable in every era: when confronted with complicity, the leader points to the pressure that made compliance easier than resistance.

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