For they served idols, whereof the LORD had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing.
Ver. 12. Whereof the Lord had said, Ye shall not.] But they did it the rather; taking occasion by the law, that their sin might appear to be exceeding sinful. Rom 7:13 Such is the canker of our vile natures, that the more God forbids a thing, the more we bid for it. Nitimur in vetitum semper petimusque negata.