What were the Israelites community like ?

 

We can infer from what they were told not to do to describe what they were. If the parent repeatedly have to remind the children ti turn off the light we can infer that the children don’t. 

The Ten Commandments describe the nature of the Israelites community during Moses time.

The beatitudes describe the Israelite community during Jesus time. 

They were basically a bunch of scoundrels. 

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