Chasidut zu Schemot 20:16
וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֔ה דַּבֵּר־אַתָּ֥ה עִמָּ֖נוּ וְנִשְׁמָ֑עָה וְאַל־יְדַבֵּ֥ר עִמָּ֛נוּ אֱלֹהִ֖ים פֶּן־נָמֽוּת׃
Sie sprachen zu Mose: Rede du mit uns und wir wollen hören, und nicht möge fürder Gott mit uns reden, dass wir nicht sterben.
Kedushat Levi
Exodus 20,17. “for G’d has come only in order to test you.” Moses refers to the reason why G’d decided to address the first two Commandments to the people directly, not using him as His intermediary. He intended to deeply engrave on the people’s hearts and consciousness he fact that even the most humble of them had heard these words directly from the mouth of G’d so that should the occasion arise each one of them would find it easier to offer his life for the sanctification of G’d’s name. Having undergone the experience they had at Mount Sinai, would make it easier for them to stand up to future tests.
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