After the Hebrews crossed the Red Sea God set before them the high calling He had in view for His people. Ye shall be holy, for I am holy. . .
Men often use the wrong standard for righteousness.
It woud have been so easy for the nation of Israel to have sought to be like the nations about them. As the history of man has been a history of men not abiding by God's teachings, it is folly to think that righteous standards are to be found in following what others are doing. Some set as a standard of righteousness the standard taught them by their parents. Parental teaching, as improtant as it is, cannot be the standard. Some have thought that learned men should be the standard.