출애굽기 19:7의 인용 해설

But this is its explanation, according to what is said, And Moses came and called the elders of the people, etc. and All the people answered, ‘All that the Lord has spoken we will do’ (Exodus 19:7-8). But the elders had not yet told them anything, so how did they answer immediately? Rather, certainly as soon as they saw that Moses spoke his words to the elders, they immediately understood that all the words would come through intermediaries — that the Holy One, blessed be He, would speak to Moses, and Moses to the elders, and the elders to Israel. Immediately, Israel jumped to answer Moses, indicating by this that they had no desire for the intermediation of the elders. And by saying All that the Lord has spoken we will do, they showed that they did not want Moses’s intermediation either. They said that they would do all that the Lord would speak to them, not what Moses would speak to them. They had [good] reason and rationale, as they wanted to see their King. They could have simply said, “We will do it,” but they specifically said, All that the Lord has spoken we will do to exclude Moses’s words. They also alluded [to this] in saying, All that the Lord has spoken we will do. And the Holy One, blessed be He, said, Now if you will surely listen to My voice (Exodus 19:5). This implies that the Lord wanted them to hear the voice of the Lord speaking to them directly, not through intermediaries.
And the Holy One, blessed be He, said to him, These are the words that you shall speak to the children of Israel (Exodus 19:6) — you yourself, not through any intermediation. Moses went and told the elders first, and Israel was very angry that the Lord would speak to them through two intermediaries. Therefore, they said, All that the Lord has spoken we will do — to hear the voice of the Lord directly.
Therefore, the first time, Moses responded to the Lord only the matter on which the main mission depended, which is what they said, We will do all the words of the Lord, and the term responded is appropriate here. Moses had not yet told the Lord anything about what he understood from them — that they wanted to see their King — because Moses thought that surely God understood their ways and their thoughts, and would do according to their will.
When God said to him again, Behold, I come to you in a thick cloud, etc., and they will also believe in you forever (Exodus 19:9), then he understood that the Holy One, blessed be He, still wanted to speak to them through intermediation. Then Moses told the words of the people to the Lord — he told Him what they said: All that the Lord has spoken we will doThe term told is appropriate here, not the term “responded,” because this matter is not a response to the main mission but merely a telling of what had happened with them.
And the Holy One, blessed be He, said to him, “If so, do this: Go to the people and sanctify them today and tomorrow” (Exodus 19:10) — because to see the face of their King, they need to be holy, for I am holy — and on the third day, the Lord will descend before the eyes of all the people (Exodus 19:11). Then they will see the face of their King. And indeed, He began to speak to them Himself, for they heard the first two commandments from the mouth of the Almighty, until they were afraid of the fire and the sounds. Then they retreated from their request and said, Speak you with us, and we will hear (Exodus 20:16).

But this is its explanation, according to what is said, And Moses came and called the elders of the people, etc. and All the people answered, ‘All that the Lord has spoken we will do’ (Exodus 19:7-8). But the elders had not yet told them anything, so how did they answer immediately? Rather, certainly as soon as they saw that Moses spoke his words to the elders, they immediately understood that all the words would come through intermediaries — that the Holy One, blessed be He, would speak to Moses, and Moses to the elders, and the elders to Israel. Immediately, Israel jumped to answer Moses, indicating by this that they had no desire for the intermediation of the elders. And by saying All that the Lord has spoken we will do, they showed that they did not want Moses’s intermediation either. They said that they would do all that the Lord would speak to them, not what Moses would speak to them. They had [good] reason and rationale, as they wanted to see their King. They could have simply said, “We will do it,” but they specifically said, All that the Lord has spoken we will do to exclude Moses’s words. They also alluded [to this] in saying, All that the Lord has spoken we will do. And the Holy One, blessed be He, said, Now if you will surely listen to My voice (Exodus 19:5). This implies that the Lord wanted them to hear the voice of the Lord speaking to them directly, not through intermediaries.
And the Holy One, blessed be He, said to him, These are the words that you shall speak to the children of Israel (Exodus 19:6) — you yourself, not through any intermediation. Moses went and told the elders first, and Israel was very angry that the Lord would speak to them through two intermediaries. Therefore, they said, All that the Lord has spoken we will do — to hear the voice of the Lord directly.
Therefore, the first time, Moses responded to the Lord only the matter on which the main mission depended, which is what they said, We will do all the words of the Lord, and the term responded is appropriate here. Moses had not yet told the Lord anything about what he understood from them — that they wanted to see their King — because Moses thought that surely God understood their ways and their thoughts, and would do according to their will.
When God said to him again, Behold, I come to you in a thick cloud, etc., and they will also believe in you forever (Exodus 19:9), then he understood that the Holy One, blessed be He, still wanted to speak to them through intermediation. Then Moses told the words of the people to the Lord — he told Him what they said: All that the Lord has spoken we will doThe term told is appropriate here, not the term “responded,” because this matter is not a response to the main mission but merely a telling of what had happened with them.
And the Holy One, blessed be He, said to him, “If so, do this: Go to the people and sanctify them today and tomorrow” (Exodus 19:10) — because to see the face of their King, they need to be holy, for I am holy — and on the third day, the Lord will descend before the eyes of all the people (Exodus 19:11). Then they will see the face of their King. And indeed, He began to speak to them Himself, for they heard the first two commandments from the mouth of the Almighty, until they were afraid of the fire and the sounds. Then they retreated from their request and said, Speak you with us, and we will hear (Exodus 20:16).