Exodus 32:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

delayed. put them to shame by his not coming down. Compare Psalms 44:7; Psalms 53:5; Psalms 119:3.

out of. from.

make us gods. The great sin of to-day (1 Corinthians 10:7; 1 Corinthians 10:11). Made now not of materials; but made by imagination; and worshipped by the senses.

man. Hebrew. 'ish, App-14.

wot not. know not.

all. the greater part. Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Genus), App-6.

them. The Ellipsis (App-6) should be supplied by the word "it ": i.e. the gold (Exodus 32:3).

Exodus 32:1

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 before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.