Since the nation lived in covenant with God and was deemed to be a corporate whole, the extremists tried to force everyone to conform to their numerous rules.
Kwa sababu hili taifa waliishi na agano na Mungu na kuhesabiwa kuwa ni jambo zima la ushirikiano, wale wasimamizi walijaribu kumsukuma kila mtu kushikamana na maagizo yao mengi yasiohesabika.