Then he said, “I have sinned. But esteem me now, please, before the elders of my people and before Yisra’ĕ
for they loved the praise of men more than the praise of Elohim.
“How are you able to believe, when you are receiving esteem from one another, and the esteem that is from the only Elohim you do not seek?
And יהוה says, “Because this people has drawn near with its mouth, and with its lips they have esteemed Me, and it has kept its heart far from Me, and their fear of Me has become a command of men that is taught!
having a form of reverence but denying its power. And turn away from these!
“See, he whose being is not upright in him is puffed up. But the righteous one lives by his steadfastness.
And Shemu’ĕ
And Sha’ul said, “I have sinned. Come back, my son Dawiḏ
And Dawiḏ
Pharaoh then sent and called for Mosheh and for Aharon, and said to them, “I have sinned this time. יהוה is righteous, and my people and I are wrong.