However, we can understand from these verses how to treat one another. The opening lines address the treatment of slaves, or in our lives, how we relate to and work with our co-workers. We may not offer next week to care for our neighbors' oxen yet we are often entrusted with property of some value belonging to others, and as such, bear a burden of acting responsibly guarding against any form of negligence. All that God has spoken we will faithfully do. One only has to look a few portions ahead to see them falter in grand style.
Life today is no less complicated or demanding.
Our attentions are pulled and drawn in a multitude of directions, each requiring decisions which we are ill-prepared to make in the brief moments, and each impinging on another demand from work, family, friends, or even your own inner self. We have fears of uncertainty as did the Israelites. Our leaders may not always be visible or accessible, and it leaves us free to eye the Golden Calf that may be looming in view. All that God has spoken we will faithfully do. We can certainly strive to make it so.