And Aaron said break off the golden ear — rings — We do not find that he said one word to discountenance their proposal. Some suppose, that when Aaron bid them break off their ear — rings, he did it with design to crush the proposal, believing that, though their covetousness would have let them do it, yet their pride would not have suffered them to part with them.
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Exodus 32:2
2 And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me.