WHEN the people of ancient Israel were in a covenant relationship with God, they were commanded: “Before gray hair you should rise up, and you must show consideration for the person of an old man, and you must be in fear of your God. ”
( लेवीय १९: ३२) वृद्धांबद्दल आदर बाळगणे हे एक पवित्र कर्तव्य होते, देवाच्या अधीन राहण्याशी त्याचा जवळून संबंध होता.