He said to his people, “Look at the Israelite people, more numerous and stronger than we are!

A mixed multitude also went up with them, and flocks and herds – a very large number of cattle.

The Lord said to Moses, “Go down and solemnly warn the people, lest they force their way through to the Lord to look, and many of them perish.

“You must not follow a crowd in doing evil things; in a lawsuit you must not offer testimony that agrees with a crowd so as to pervert justice,