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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...
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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
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EXODUS 32:1 E, EXODUS 32:7 Rje, EXODUS 32:15 E, EXODUS 32:25 J,...
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THE LORD. Hebrew "the face of Jehovah": i.e. before, or in the
presence of Jehovah.
GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4.
THY... THOU. This is the reply of Moses. He knows they were not "cast
off" (Romans 11...
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_besought_ properly, as Arabic seems to shew, - _made sweet_the face
of," fig. for, _entreated, sought to conciliate_: a frequent idiom,
e.g. 1Sa 13:12, 1 Kings 13:6; Jeremiah 26:19; with a human obje...
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Jehovah declares that He will exterminate the people: but allows
Himself to be diverted from His purpose by Moses" intercession....
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MOSES BESOUGHT THE LORD—AND SAID— This intercession of Moses for
the people, reminds us of that of Abraham for the devoted Sodomites,
Genesis 18. The reason why God's wrath waxed hot against his peopl...
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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...
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_AND MOSES BESOUGHT THE LORD HIS GOD, AND SAID, LORD, WHY DOTH THY
WRATH WAX HOT AGAINST THY PEOPLE, WHICH THOU HAST BROUGHT FORTH OUT OF
THE LAND OF EGYPT WITH GREAT POWER, AND WITH A MIGHTY HAND?_...
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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...
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In a spirit of noble generosity Moses effaces himself and intercedes
with all his soul for the people. See on Exodus 32:31. He does not
minimise their sin (cp. Exodus 32:31), but with a holy boldness...
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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...
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MOSES’ REPLY, AND GOD’S “REPENTANCE.”
(11-13) Moses has three arguments: (1) God has done so much for His
people, that surely He will not now make all of none effect (Exodus
32:11); (2) their destruct...
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וַ יְחַ֣ל מֹשֶׁ֔ה אֶת ־פְּנֵ֖י
יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהָ
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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...
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AARON'S GOLDEN CALF OFFENDS THE LORD
Exodus 32:1
The people never thought of taking Aaron as a substitute for Moses,
because they instinctively recognized his moral weakness. Though he
was dressed i...
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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...
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_Why, &c. Calvin here accuses Moses of arrogance, in prescribing laws
to God's justice. But St. Jerome (ep. ad Gaud.) commends his charity
and "prayer, which hindered God's power." (Worthington)_...
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If we lose sight of Moses in this place, in order to behold him whom
Moses typified, even the Lord Jesus Christ, in his glorious character
of intercessor, this passage is uncommonly beautiful. Isaiah...
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"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...
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11._And Moses besought the Lord his God _It is clear that this prayer
sprang from faith, though in it he seems to fight against the very
word of God; for God had said, Get thee down to thy people; but...
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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...
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AND MOSES BESOUGHT THE LORD HIS GOD,.... As the Lord was the God of
Moses, his covenant God, and he had an interest in him, he made use of
it in favour of the people of Israel:
AND SAID, WHY DOTH THY...
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And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why doth thy
wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of
the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand?
Ve...
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_And Moses besought the Lord his God_ If God would not be called the
God of Israel, yet he hoped he might address him as his own God. Now
Moses is standing in the gap to turn away the wrath of God, Ps...
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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...
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And Moses besought the Lord, his God, he showed himself the real
priestly advocate of the people. The prospect of being the progenitor
of a great nation held no allurements for him, as he began to ple...
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MOSES INTERCEDES FOR THE PEOPLE...
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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...
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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...
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THE LORD:
_ Heb._ the face of the LORD...
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7-14 God says to Moses, that the Israelites had corrupted themselves.
Sin is the corruption of the sinner, and it is a self-corruption;
every man is tempted when he is drawn aside of his own lust. Th...
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THE LORD HIS GOD; emphatically so called: q.d. Moses had not lost his
interest in God, though Israel had. WHY DOTH THY WRATH WAX HOT, so hot
as to consume them utterly? For though he saw reason enough...
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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...
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YAHWEH INFORMS MOSES OF WHAT IS HAPPENING BELOW (EXODUS 32:7).
a Yahweh said to Moses, “Go, get yourself down, for your people whom
you brought up out of Egypt have corrupted themselves (Exodus 32:7...
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Exodus 32:7. _And the LORD said unto Moses, Go get thee down; for thy
people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted
themselves:_
See how Jehovah will not own these idolaters...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_Moses besought the Lord._
THE INTERCESSION
We find him in succession--
1. Highly privileged.
2. Deeply grieved.
3. Raised to a holy frame of mind.
4. Visibly answered.
5. Abundantly strengthen...
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EXODUS 32:1 Covenant Breach, Intercession, and Renewal. This section
illustrates Israel’s need for sanctification from the Lord.
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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)....
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_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 32:7_
INTERCESSION
Consider—
I. THE SIN AND PERIL OF ISRAEL. Their sin was the more grievous
because it came after such wonderful manifestations of God’s p...
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EXPOSITION
THE INTERCESSION OF MOSES. Moses, in Sinai, was so far removed from
the camp, and the cloud so shut out his vision of it, that he had
neither seen nor heard anything unusual, and was wholly...
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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...
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besought Deuteronomy 9:18 Deuteronomy 9:26 Psalms 106:23 the Lord his
God. Heb. the face of the Lord. why doth Numbers 11:11...
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And Moses besought the Lord his God — If God would not be called the
God of Israel, yet he hoped he might address him as his own God. Now
Moses is standing in the gap to turn away the wrath of God. Ps...