Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Exodus 32:22
Heb. are in evil, i.e. are altogether wicked, addicted to, or bent upon wickedness, so that it was impossible for me to stop or divert their course.
Heb. are in evil, i.e. are altogether wicked, addicted to, or bent upon wickedness, so that it was impossible for me to stop or divert their course.
Verse Exodus 32:22. _THOU KNOWEST THE PEOPLE_] He excuses himself by the _wicked_ and _seditious_ spirit of the people, intimating that he was _obliged_ to accede to their desires....
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 we...
4. ISRAEL ‘S SIN AND REBELLION CHAPTER 32 _ 1. The people in rebellion (Exodus 32:1)_ 2. Jehovah threatens his wrath (Exodus 32:7) 3. Moses beseeches Jehovah (Exodus 32:11) 4. Moses descends and
EXODUS 32:1 E, EXODUS 32:7 Rje, EXODUS 32:15 E, EXODUS 32:25 J,...
ARE SET: or, supply the Ellipsis "are ready for ...
Aaron first excuses himself by casting the blame upon the people: they are set on evil, and he merely (_v._33) responded to their request. _my lord_ as Numbers 11:28; Numbers 12:11....
Aaron, taken to task by Moses for what has occurred, makes excuses....
THAT THEY ARE SET ON MISCHIEF— In the original, this is only, _that they in mischief._ Houbigant renders it, _thou knowest, effrenatam mentem, the unbridled disposition of this people:_ but this does...
THE TEXT OF EXODUS TRANSLATION 32 And when the people saw that Mo-ses delayed to come down from the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aar-on, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, whi...
_AND IT CAME TO PASS, AS SOON AS HE CAME NIGH UNTO THE CAMP, THAT HE SAW THE CALF, AND THE DANCING: AND MOSES' ANGER WAXED HOT, AND HE CAST THE TABLES OUT OF HIS HANDS, AND BRAKE THEM BENEATH THE MOUN...
MISCHIEF] RV 'evil': Aaron tries to put the whole responsibility on the people. He pleads that they intimidated him....
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 despairing...
EXODUS: *ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION GOD’S INSTRUCTIONS TO MOSES EXODUS CHAPTER S 19 TO 40 _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 32 THE YOUNG *BULL THAT THE *ISRAELITES *WORSHIPPED – VERSES 1-35 A...
(22-24) Aaron’s conduct was really without excuse; but he attempts two pleas — the first insufficient, the second false and fatuous. (1) The people compelled him; they were “set on mischief;” they mad...
וַ יֹּ֣אמֶר אַהֲרֹ֔ן אַל ־יִ֥חַר אַ֖ף אֲדֹנִ֑
CHAPTER XXXII. _ THE GOLDEN CALF._ Exodus 32:1 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 heroic lea...
MOSES BREAKS THE TABLES AND BURNS THE CALF Exodus 32:15 There was no weak compromise on the part of Moses. He cast the tables from his hands as though he felt that the covenant between God and the He...
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 repr...
_Evil. Aaron answers his younger brother with humility, being now touched with repentance; on which account, God still grants him the high priesthood. (Haydock)_...
Observe how all sinners endeavor to put off their sins on others; see Genesis 3:12....
"In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai." Up to this point all the dealings of God have been the...
22._And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my Lord wax hot _Aaron extenuates his crime as much as He can. The sum, however is, that the people, whom Moses himself knew to be depraved and perverse, had t...
Whilst God was thus preparing the precious things connected with His relationship with His people [1], the people, only thinking of what they saw in the human instrument of their deliverance, complete...
AND AARON SAID, LET NOT THE ANGER OF MY LORD WAX HOT,.... He addresses him in a very respectful manner, though his younger brother, being in a superior office, the chief ruler of the people, king in J...
And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they [are set] on mischief. Ver. 22. _That they are set on mischief._] The whole world is so. 1 John 2:16 _; _ 1Jn...
1 The people in the absence of Moses, cause Aaron to make a calfe. 7 God is angred thereby. 11 At the intreatie of Moses he is appeased. 15 Moses commeth downe with the Tables. 19 He breaketh them...
And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot. Thou knowest the people, that they are set on mischief. It is always the sinner's convenient excuse to blame the transgression on some one else's...
THE WRATH OF MOSES...
THIRD DIVISION The legislation as modified by the lapse of the people, and the intensified distinction between Jehovah and Israel as expressed in the more hierarchical constitution of the theocracy...
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 substitut...
21-29 Never did any wise man make a more frivolous and foolish excuse than that of Aaron. We must never be drawn into sin by any thing man can say or do to us; for men can but tempt us to sin, they c...
We have now to contemplate something very different from that Which has hitherto engaged our attention. " The pattern of things in the heavens," has been before us Christ in His glorious Person, graci...
Exodus 32:22 Aaron H175 said H559 (H8799) anger H639 lord H113 hot H2734 (H8799) know H3045 ...
MOSES FACES THE REBELS (EXODUS 32:21). This next section has to be looked at from two points of view, that of Yahweh's sovereignty with all under perfect control, and that of Moses tactics in the face...
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 before u...
CONTENTS: The broken law; Israel worships a golden calf. Intercession of Moses. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Aaron, Joshua. CONCLUSION: It is a great sin to make gold, or anything else, a god, as those d...
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 latter w...
EXODUS 32:1 Covenant Breach, Intercession, and Renewal. This section illustrates Israel’s need for sanctification from the Lord. ⇐ ⇔
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 32:21_ SHIFTING RESPONSIBILITY “And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it off. So they gave it to me: then I cast it into the fire, a...
EXPOSITION AARON TRIES TO EXCUSE HIMSELF. Having taken the needful steps for the destruction of the idol, Moses naturally turned upon Aaron. He had been left in charge of the people, to guide them, in...
Now when the people saw that Moses had delayed coming down from the mountain, they gathered to Aaron, and they said unto him, Get up, and make us gods, that shall go before us; for as for Moses, we do...
knowest Exodus 14:11 Exodus 15:24 Exodus 16:2 Exodus 16:20 Exodus 16:28...