Exodus 32:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron. ”

Exodus 32:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

In all probability these three chapters originally formed a distinct composition. The main incidents recorded in them follow in the order of time, and are therefore in their proper place as regards...
Exodus 32:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And all the people brake off the (c) golden earrings which [were] in their ears, and brought [them] unto Aaron. (c) Such is the rage of idolaters, that they spare no cost to satisfy their wicked des...
Exodus 32:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 32:1-6 E, Exodus 32:7-14 Rje, Exodus 32:15-24 E, Exodus 32:25-29 J, Exodus 32:30-34 E s, Exodus 32:35 E. The Golden Calf. Exodus 32:32-34 stand between the instruc...
Exodus 32:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron. And all the people brake off the golden ear-rings - The human being is naturally fond of dr...
Exodus 32:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron. All the people brake off the golden earrings. The Egyptian rings, as seen on the monume...
Exodus 32:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Idolatry of the People 1-6. The historical narrative is here resumed from Exodus 24:18 . Becoming impatient at the prolonged absence of Moses on the mount (forty days, Exodus 24:18 ), and de...
Exodus 32:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

All the people brake off the golden earrings. — Aaron had miscalculated the strength of the people’s fanaticism. Not the slightest resistance was offered to his requirement, not the slightest objec...
Exodus 32:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XXXII. THE GOLDEN CALF. Exodus 32:1-35 While God was thus providing for Israel, what had Israel done with God? They had grown weary of waiting: had despaired of and slighted their h...
Exodus 32:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Aaron's Golden Calf Offends the Lord Exodus 32:1-14 The people never thought of taking Aaron as a substitute for Moses, because they instinctively recognized his moral weakness. Though he was d...
Exodus 32:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Immediately following the account of this period of communion between Moses and God we have the record of the sin of the people. When they said, "Up, make us Gods," they were seeking something to rep...
Exodus 32:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

What an awful account! Psalms 106:20-21 .
Exodus 32:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And all the people brake off the golden earrings, which were in their ears ,.... The men took off their earrings, and persuaded their wives and children, or obliged them to part with theirs; though...
Exodus 32:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And all the people brake off the golden earrings which [were] in their ears, and brought [them] unto Aaron. Ver. 3. Brake off the golden ear-rings. ] Which they had got of the Egyptians. Exo 12:35...
Exodus 32:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The people brake off their ear-rings Whereby they showed both their madness upon their idols, and their base ingratitude to God, who had transferred these jewels from the Egyptians to them.
Exodus 32:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE GOLDEN CALF (vs.1-6) Moses forty days in the mount (the number of testing) was too much for the impatient children of Israel. They gathered to Aaron in united determination to have some subst...
Exodus 32:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Golden Calf. B. C. 1491. 1 And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down o...
Exodus 32:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Whereby they show both their madness upon their idols, and their base ingratitude to their God, who had transferred these jewels from the Egyptians to them, Exodus 12:35,36 , which therefore God u...
Exodus 32:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The People's Rebellion and the Molten Calf ( Exodus 32:1-6 ). While Moses was in the Mount for forty days and forty nights receiving his instructions from Yahweh, the people waiting in the plain b...
Exodus 32:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 32:1 . Zeh Mosheh häish = this Moses the man ]. The Israelites, thinking that “the man” who brought them out of the land of Egypt had acted the part of a truant, and that...
Exodus 32:3 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Exodus 32:1 . And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go befor...
Exodus 32:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 32:1 . Unto Aaron. Some copies read, the people gathered themselves together against Aaron. He sinned through fear of man; but as the Lord did not punish him with the revolters, the latte...
Exodus 32:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Up, make us gods. Idolatry I. The very essence of idolatry is not spiritual ignorance and obtuseness, but a wilful turning away from the spiritual knowledge and worship of God. 1. This act o...
Exodus 32:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE IDOLATRY OF THE GOLDEN CALF . During the absence of Moses in Mount Sinai, an absence of nearly six weeks, the Israelites grew impatient, and regarding their leader as l...
Exodus 32:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Golden Calf
Exodus 32:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Judges 17:3 Judges 17:4 Isaiah 40:19 Isaiah 40:20 Isaiah 46:6 Jeremiah 10:9
Exodus 32:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

And all the people brake off their ear — rings — Which Aaron melted down, and, having a mold prepared, poured the melted gold into it, and then produced it in the shape of an ox or calf, giving it...

Exodus 32:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Exodus 32:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Exodus 32:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 32:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Exodus 32:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Exodus 32:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 32:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Exodus 32:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Exodus 32:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Exodus 32:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Exodus 32:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Exodus 32:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Exodus 32:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Exodus 32:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 32:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 32:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Exodus 32:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Exodus 32:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 32:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Exodus 32:3 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Exodus 32:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 32:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Exodus 32:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Exodus 32:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Exodus 32:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 32:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes