“Today we have seen that Hashem can talk with man, and he yet live” said the Jews to Moshe. So we infer that up until then they did not fully believe in Moshe. He would say to them “Such and such says Hashem”, but they suspected he was making it all up, for can a human really talk with Hashem and not get destroyed by it? They went along with Moshe for lack of a better alternative, perhaps, but didn’t really buy his story. Only now did they really believe. Incredible!
In the beginning of his mission, Hashem told Moshe; “And this shall be the true sign that I have sent you; after taking the Jews out of Egypt you will serve Hashem on this very mountain [Har Sinai]” Perhaps here we have it from the mouths of the Jews themselves; until Har Sinai they indeed did not believe.
In other words, faith is a tricky business. There are very many shades of faith and not all is black or white.
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