Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
Exodus 32:32
sin. Figure of speech Aposiopesis (App-6), to emphasise the unspeakableness of the sin.
Thy book. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia (App-6). Compare Psalms 69:28; Isaiah 4:3.
sin. Figure of speech Aposiopesis (App-6), to emphasise the unspeakableness of the sin.
Thy book. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia (App-6). Compare Psalms 69:28; Isaiah 4:3.
Verse Exodus 32:32. _FORGIVE THEIR SIN---; AND IF NOT_, _BLOT ME--- OUT OF_ _THY BOOK_] It is probable that one part of Moses' work during the forty days of his residence on the mount with God, was h...
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,...
Moses, with noble disinterestedness, offers his own life, if he can thereby secure his people's pardon: Jehovah replies that He cannot on these terms take the life of the innocent; but He yields so fa...
The sin of the Golden Calf, _vv._1 6; Jehovah, having told Moses that it is His intention to destroy the people in consequence, is diverted from His purpose by Moses" intercession, _vv._7 14; Moses, c...
DISCOURSE: 107 MOSES INTERCEDES FOR ISRAEL Exodus 32:31. And Moses returned unto the Lord, and said, Oh! this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold! Yet now, if thou wilt for...
IF NOT, BLOT ME, I PRAY THEE, OUT OF THY BOOK— In Numbers 11:15. Moses makes use of an expression plainer than this, but both, no doubt, of the same import: _If thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray...
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 ON THE MORROW, THAT MOSES SAID UNTO THE PEOPLE, YE HAVE SINNED A GREAT SIN: AND NOW I WILL GO UP UNTO THE LORD; PERADVENTURE I SHALL MAKE AN ATONEMENT FOR YOUR SIN._ Said unto th...
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...
IF THOU WILT FORGIVE THEIR SIN] This form of sentence is used in Hebrew to express an earnest desire or passionate entreaty, and is equivalent to 'O that thou wouldest'. or 'O if thou wouldest but'. C...
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...
MOSES’ INTERCESSION ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE. (30-35) When Moses had, on first hearing of God’s intention to destroy the people, interceded for them (Exodus 32:11), his prayers had received no direct a...
IF THOU WILT FORGIVE THEIR SIN. — Supply after the word “sin,” “well and good,” “I am content,” or some such phrase. Similar instances of _aposiopesis_ will be found in Daniel 3:15; Luke 13:9; Luke 19...
וְ עַתָּ֖ה אִם ־תִּשָּׂ֣א חַטָּאתָ֑ם וְ אִם
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 PUNISHES IDOLATERS AND PRAYS FOR THE PEOPLE Exodus 32:25 The heart of Moses was full of that wonderful new word, _atonement_. For many days Jehovah had been speaking to him about it. But he see...
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...
Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin--; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, (n) out of thy book which thou hast written. (n) He esteemed the glory of God so much, that he preferred it even to his ow...
The book of predestinate. St. Paul uses a similar expression, Romans ix. 3. Neither could he really desire or consent to be accursed, even for a time. Hence their words can be understood only as an hy...
How striking is the type here; only, indeed, with this difference, that Moses did but offer to die, whereas the Lord Jesus did actually die, the just for the unjust, to bring sinners to God. See those...
"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...
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...
YET NOW, IF THOU WILL FORGIVE THEIR SIN,.... Of thy free grace, good will, and pleasure; it will redound to thy glory, men will praise thy name on account of it; these people will have great reason to...
Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin -; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written. Ver. 32. _Blot me, I pray thee._] God never revealed his love to Moses more than...
_If thou wilt forgive their sin if not_ If the decree be gone forth, and there is no remedy but they must be ruined; _blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written_ Termed _the book of...
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...
Yet, now, if Thou wilt forgive their sin-. The greatness of his love for the people, on the one hand, and his awe of God, on the other, does not permit him to finish the sentence. It was a most profou...
MOSES AGAIN INTERCEDES FOR THE PEOPLE...
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...
30-35 Moses calls it a great sin. The work of ministers is to show people the greatness of their sins. The great evil of sin appears in the price of pardon. Moses pleads with God for mercy; he came n...
IF THOU WILT FORGIVE THEIR SIN; understand here, FORGIVE IT, or, or _it is well_, or, _I and others shall praise thy name_. His great passion for his people stops his words, and makes his speech imper...
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 32:32 forgive H5375 (H8799) blot H4229 (H8798) book H5612 written H3789 (H8804) if you -...
MOSES SEEKS TO SET THE SITUATION RIGHT (EXODUS 32:29). Exodus 32:29 ‘And Moses said, “Consecrate yourselves today to Yahweh, yes, every man against his son, and against his brother. That he may bes...
Exodus 32:31 I. There are three reasons why intercession is a very high duty. (1) It is a power given to every man to wield, a mighty instrument for which we are responsible. (2) It is love's utteran...
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...
_If Thou wilt forgive their sin._ MOSES INTERCEDING FOR THE PEOPLE It was a very happy thing for Israel that they had an intercessor. It is not that God needs it. God does not need the intercession o...
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 32:30_ RELIGIOUS PATRIOTISM It has often been brought as a charge against Christianity that it is adverse to patriotism. It is true that the spirit of Chris...
EXPOSITION MOSES ONCE MORE INTERCEDES WITH GOD FOR THE PEOPLE—GOD ANSWERS HIM. No distinct reply seems to have been given to the previous intercession of Moses (Exodus 32:11-2). He
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...
if thou Numbers 14:19 Daniel 9:18 Daniel 9:19 Amos 7:2 Luke 23:34 blot me. Allusion ma
If not — If the decree be gone forth, and there is no remedy but they must be ruined, blot me, I pray thee out of the book which thou hast written — That is, out of the book of life. If all Israel mus...