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The imperative to establish a just court system, a regulated agricultural system, and a monotheistic system of worship, seems to strongly suggest that God will be intimately involved in the shaping of what this society will look like.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, in a surprising turn of events, God seems to back away from this project, saying: \u201cI am sending an angel before you to guard you on the way and to bring you to the place that I have made ready\u201d (Exodus 23:20). God, whose direct acting in the world was evident within the redemption from Egypt suddenly appears to take a step back from the work on the ground.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">God&#8217;s sending forth of a intermediary to implement God\u2019s will in the world reflects an important reality of religious life. The Torah provides a blueprint of society that is Divine in nature, and yet within this, the force that actually will take up the project, that will build and serve the courts, communities, and centers of learning in the Land are the people themselves.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As God\u2019s intermediaries, the people are tasked with cultivating a religious language that can respond meaningfully to the daily grind here on Earth. In addition, they are also commanded to carve out time devoted exclusively to a direct encounter with God three times a year (Exodus 23:17). This call to pilgrimage, which seems to bear little material or sociological significance, stands as an essential pillar to living a balanced religious life. Leaving one\u2019s homes to seek \u201cGod\u2019s face\u201d can only be religiously sincere when one has worked to establish communities that embody the vision of God. 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