sacrifices in Lev. 1:2*; 13:2*; Num. 19:14*; etc.). But according to Deut. 5:24*; 8:3*, אדם also denotes the person who hears the proclamation of the divine will; indeed, “man” is the one, standing in danger, who can exist before the “God on high” (cf. Mic. 6:6*) only in an attitude of humility (cf. אדם in Isa. 2:9*, 11*, 17*, 22*). As an individual member of the people of God, אדם is reminded, in the light of the absence of direction from the sacrificial system, “of what is good.” Here the preacher