All that the Holy One, Blessed is He, created in His world He created only for His honor, as it states: Everyone who is called by My Name and whom I have created for My glory, whom I have fashioned, even perfected. And it states: Hashem shall reign for all eternity.

[If] the court ruled to violate one of the commandments stated in the Torah, and an individual went and acted erroneously on their word, [regardless of] whether they acted and he acted along with them, or they acted and he acted after them, or whether they did not act but he did —- he is exempt, because he relied on the court.  [If] the court ruled and one of them knew that they had erred, or he was a student worthy of ruling, and he went and acted on their word, whether they acted and he acted with them, or they acted and he acted after them, or they did not act but he did —- he (lit., this one) is liable, because he did not rely on the court.  This is the rule: One who relies on himself is liable, but one who relies on the court is exempt.