Exo 32:21 And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them? Ver. 21. What did this people unto thee? ] The people sinned by precipitancy; Aaron by popularity. read more
Exo 32:22 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 5:19 Quomodo Plautus, "In fermento toto iacet uxor." read more
Exo 32:23 For they said unto me, Make us gods, which shall go before us: for [as for] this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him. Ver. 23. We wot not what, &c. ] See the danger of nonresidency. read more
Exo 32:24 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 poor excuse. Something he would have said, if he had known what. Here he "hid his sin as Adam," Job 31:33 being too much his child. read more
Exo 32:25 And when Moses saw that the people [were] naked; (for Aaron had made them naked unto [their] shame among their enemies:) Ver. 25. Aaron had made them naked. ] As Aaron’s engraving instrument writes down his sin: so the confession of other more ingenuous Jews proclaims the Israelites, saying that, No punishment befalleth thee, O Israel, in which there is not an ounce of this calf. a a Mos. Gerund. read more
Exo 32:26 Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who [is] on the LORD’S side? [let him come] unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him. Ver. 26. Let him come. ] This word through haste and earnestness Moses omitteth. The Chaldee and Greek version supply it. read more
Exo 32:27 And he said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, [and] go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour. Ver. 27. Slay every man his brother. ] Not all that they met with, for so they might have slain the innocent; but all that were chief in the transgression. In the war against the Waldenses in France, the Pope’s great army took one populous city... read more
Exo 32:28 And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men. Ver. 28. About three thousand. ] Chieftains and ringleaders. read more
Exo 32:29 For Moses had said, Consecrate yourselves to day to the LORD, even every man upon his son, and upon his brother; that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day. Ver. 29. Consecrate yourselves. ] Regain that blessing which your father Levi lost. Genesis 49:5 ; Gen 49:7 read more
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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Exodus 32:20
Exo 32:20 And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt [it] in the fire, and ground [it] to powder, and strawed [it] upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink [of it]. Ver. 20. And he took the calf. ] We may all wish still as Ferus did, that we had some Moses to take away the evils of our times: Nam non unum tantum vitulum, sed multos habemus, We have not one, but many such calves. read more