EXODUS 32:1 Covenant Breach, Intercession, and Renewal. This section illustrates Israel’s need for sanctification from the Lord. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 32:4 THESE ARE YOUR GODS, O ISRAEL. The plurals “these” and “gods” may mean that the people considered the CALF to be another god equal to the Lord. Whatever they may have thought, their words and actions clearly violate both the first and second commandments (Exodus 20:3). ⇐... [ Continue Reading ]
EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 32:6 The people offered BURNT OFFERINGS and PEACE OFFERINGS to the calf. These were the same offerings they had made to the Lord at Mount Sinai just before promising to keep his covenant (see Exodus 24:5). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0,... [ Continue Reading ]
EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 32:11 In his intercession, Moses uses the Lord’s own words when he refers to Israel as “YOUR PEOPLE” (see v. Exodus 32:7). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 32:16 THE WRITING WAS THE WRITING OF GOD. See Exodus 31:18. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 32:19 When Moses saw the golden calf, his ANGER BURNED HOT. The same words describe the Lord’s response (v. Exodus 32:10), and Aaron uses the same term in v. Exodus 32:22, pleading that the Lord would not let his anger “burn hot.” When Moses throws down the TABLETS and breaks t... [ Continue Reading ]
EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 32:20 The text does not explain why the people had to drink the WATER containing the powdered remains of the calf. It may represent (1) a further step in the destruction and desecration of the idol, (2) a step in shaming the Israelites for their folly, or (3) a type of test, li... [ Continue Reading ]
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 32:4). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length... [ Continue Reading ]
EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 32:27 EACH OF YOU KILL HIS BROTHER AND HIS COMPANION AND HIS NEIGHBOR. The Levites were to kill anyone guilty of violating God’s laws. In light of “whoever has sinned against me” (v. Exodus 32:33), it seems unlikely that the killing was random. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getE... [ Continue Reading ]
EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 32:33 The Lord determines whose names will be in his BOOK. Compare “the book of the living” (Psalms 69:28), “the book” (Daniel 12:1), “names... written in heaven” (Luke 10:20), “the book of life” (Philippians 4:3). ⇐... [ Continue Reading ]