Exodus 32:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

offered. Hebrew. 'alah. See App-43.

burnt offerings. Hebrew, plural of 'alah. See App-43. eat and to drink. Figure of speech Ellipsis (App-6), i.e. to eat [the sacrifices] and to drink [the libations].

to play. to make sport. Compare Exodus 32:19. So 1 Corinthians 10:7. to dance: i, e. lasciviously. This was part of idolatrous worship.

Exodus 32:6

6 And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.