“ And the LORD plagued the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made. ”
The faithfulness of Moses in the office that had been entrusted to him was now to be put to the test. It was to be made manifest whether he loved his own glory better than he loved the brethren who...
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...
plagued. See note on Exodus 32:28 above.
35. And the Lord plagued the people Moses here briefly attributes to God what he had before related as to the slaughter of the three thousand, lest any should think that he had smitten them...
And the LORD plagued the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made. The Lord plagued the people - Every time they transgressed afterwards Divine justice seems to have remembered this trans...
And the Lord plagued the people— It might be rendered, thus the Lord punished the people, because they had made the calf which Aaron made; a mode of expression, which involves them and Aaron in e...
And the LORD plagued the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made. The Lord plagued the people, because they made the calf. No immediate judgments were inflicted; but this early la...
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...
MOSES’ INTERCESSION ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE. (30-35) When Moses had, on first hearing of God’s intention to destroy the people, interceded for them ( Exodus 32:11-13 ), his prayers had received no...
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...
Moses Punishes Idolaters and Prays for the People Exodus 32:25-35 The heart of Moses was full of that wonderful new word, atonement . For many days Jehovah had been speaking to him about it. B...
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...
Psalms 89:30-32 ; Acts 7:41-42 REFLECTIONS In perusing this account of Israel's shameful apostacy from the Lord God of their salvation, alter the many mercies which they had received, both in th...
And the Lord plagued the people ,.... That is, continued so to do at certain times, with the pestilence, or other calamities; for this seems not to refer, as some think, to the slaughter of the 3000...
And the LORD plagued the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made. Ver. 35. They made. ] See Trapp on " Exo 32:1 "
My angel shall go before thee Some created angel that was employed in the common services of his kingdom, which intimated that they were not to expect any thing for the future to be done for them o...
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...
The Intercession of Moses. B. C. 1491. 30 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Mose...
This relates either to the destruction of three thousand of them by the Levites, or rather to the future plagues, in which God also reckoned with them for this sin. Because they made the calf ; they...
“And now go, lead the people to the place of which I have spoken to you. Behold my angel will go before you. Nevertheless in the day that I visit I will visit their sin on them.” And Yahweh smote the...
MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 32:30-35 RELIGIOUS PATRIOTISM It has often been brought as a charge against Christianity that it is adverse to patriotism. It is true that the spirit o...
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 32:1 . 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...
EXPOSITION MOSES ONCE MORE INTERCEDES WITH GOD FOR THE PEOPLE — GOD ANSWERS HIM . No distinct reply seems to have been given to the previous intercession of Moses ( Exodus 3...
Moses Again Intercedes for the People
Exodus 32:25 2 Samuel 12:9 2 Samuel 12:10 Matthew 27:3-7 Acts 1:18 Acts 7:41
And the Lord plagued the people — Probably by the pestilence, or some other infectious disease. Thus Moses prevailed for a mitigation of the punishment, but could not wholly turn away the wrath of...