Not that he meant or thought to persuade Moses that the melted gold came out of the fire in the form of a calf by accident, without any art or industry of his, which was a ridiculous conceit, and easily confuted; but only he conceals his own sin in the forming and graving of it, and lays the whole blame upon the people.
Verse Exodus 32:24. _I CAST IT INTO THE FIRE AND THERE CAME OUT THIS CALF._] What a silly and ridiculous subterfuge! He seems to insinuate that he only threw the metal into the fire, and that the cal...
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,...
Aaron, taken to task by Moses for what has occurred, makes excuses....
He next excuses himself by declaring that he merely threw the gold which they gave him into the fire, and the calf came out as it were spontaneously, without any cooperation on his part. Jehovah's an...
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...
32:24 off, (b-12) i.e. from themselves, as ver. 3....
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...
THERE CAME OUT THIS CALF] as if by accident, a manifestly poor apology. Observe that Aaron's two pleas of compulsion and accident are in various forms most commonly adduced in palliation of wrongdoing...
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...
וָ אֹמַ֤ר לָהֶם֙ לְ מִ֣י זָהָ֔ב הִתְפָּרָ֖קוּ
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...
Came out. The Rabbins pretend alive, and able to walk. Hence they say Aaron was filled with astonishment, and induced to erect the altar in its honour. (R. Salomo and Burgens.) But these are Jewish fa...
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...
_SHIRKING RESPONSIBILITY_ ‘So they gave it me; then I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf.’ Exodus 32:24 I. THERE NEVER WAS A SPEECH, MORE TRUE TO ONE DISPOSITION OF OUR HUMAN NATUR...
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 I SAID UNTO THEM, WHOSOEVER HATH ANY GOLD, LET THEM BREAK IT OFF,.... That is, any ear rings of gold, let them loose or take them off their ears: SO THEY GAVE [IT] ME; of their own accord, as if...
And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break [it] off. So they gave [it] me: then I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf. Ver. 24. _There came out this calf._] A very...
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...
THE WRATH OF MOSES...
And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it off. So they gave it me; then I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf. He speaks of the calf as almost an accidental imag...
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 32:24 said H559 (H8799) gold H2091 break H6561 (H8690) gave H5414 (H8799) cast H7993 ...
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 32:24 I. There never was a speech more true to one disposition of our human nature than this of Aaron. We are all ready to lay the blame on the furnaces. "The fire did it," we are all of us re...
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...
_There came out this calf._ AARON’S EXCUSE I. There never was a speech more true to one disposition of our human nature than this of Aaron. We are all ready to lay the blame on the furnaces. “The fir...
EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 32:24 Amid these serious circumstances, there is pathetic humor in Aaron’s feeble attempt to claim that he merely threw the metal into the fire AND OUT CAME THIS CALF (see v....
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...
so they Exodus 32:4 Genesis 3:12 Genesis 3:13 Luke 10:29 Romans 3:10...