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J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Exodus 32:35
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So the Lorde plagued the people, because they caused Aaro to make ye calfe which he made.
And the LORD smote the people because they worshipped the calf which Aaron made.
The LORD struck the people, because they made the calf, which Aharon made.
So the Lord caused a terrible sickness to come to the people. He did this because they told Aaron to make the golden calf.
Then the Lord sent a plague on the people, because they made the calf, the one that Aaron made.
And Jehovah smote the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made.
And the Lord sent punishment on the people because they gave worship to the ox which Aaron made.
So the Lord punished the people of Israel with a terrible disease for talking Aaron into making the gold idol.
Adonai struck the people with a plague because they had made the calf, the one Aharon made.
And the LORD smote the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made.
And the Lord plagued the people, because they made the Calfe, which Aaron made.
So the LORD struck the people with a plague, because of what they had done with the calf which Aaron had made [for them].
And the Lord smote the people for the making the calf, which Aaron made.
And the LORD smote the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made.
And the LORD sent a plague on the people because of what they had done with the calf that Aaron had made.
And Yahweh afflicted the people because they had made the bull calf that Aaron had made.
And Jehovah plagued the people because they made the calf, which Aaron made.
So the Lord caused terrible things to happen to the people because of what they did with the calf Aaron had made.
And the Lord sent a plague on the people because they had made the calf—the one Aaron made.
So the LORD plagued the people because of what they did with the calf which Aaron made.
Then the Lord sent a great plague upon the people because they had worshiped the calf Aaron had made.
Then the Lord sent trouble upon the people, because of what they did with the calf Aaron had made.
The Lord therefore struck the people for the guilt, on occasion of the calf which Aaron had made.
And the LORD sent a plague upon the people, because they made the calf which Aaron made.
So the Lord sent a disease on the people, because they had caused Aaron to make the gold bull-calf.
And the Lord plagued the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made.
And Jehovah smote the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron had made.
Therfor the Lord smoot the puple for the gilt of the calf, which calf Aaron made.
And Jehovah plagueth the people, because they made the calf which Aaron made.
Yahweh struck the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made.
And Yahweh smote the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made.
And the LORD afflicted the people, because they made the calf which Aaron made.
And the Lorde plagued the people, because they made the calfe whiche Aaron made.
And the Lord inflicted a plague on the people for what they did with the calf Aaron had made.
So the LORDE plaged the people, because they made ye calfe which Aaron made.
God sent a plague on the people because of the calf they and Aaron had made.
Then the LORD struck the people with a plague, because of what they did with the calf which Aaron had made.
Then the Lord sent a plague on the people, because they made the calf—the one that Aaron made.
Then the LORD smote the people, because of what they did with the calf which Aaron had made.
Then Yahweh smote the people because of what they did with the calf which Aaron had made.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Exodus 32:25, 2 Samuel 12:9, 2 Samuel 12:10, Matthew 27:3-7, Acts 1:18, Acts 7:41
Reciprocal: Genesis 20:9 - What hast Genesis 42:9 - nakedness Numbers 25:18 - vex you Deuteronomy 9:20 - General 1 Kings 14:16 - who did sin Psalms 99:8 - though Psalms 106:19 - General Revelation 3:17 - naked
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And the Lord plagued the people,.... That is, continued so to do at certain times, with the pestilence, or other calamities; for this seems not to refer, as some think, to the slaughter of the 3000 men: the reason follows,
because they made the calf which Aaron made; that is, they provided him with materials to make it; they urged and solicited him to do it, and would not be easy without it, so that the making of it is ascribed to them; or they served it, as Onkelos; or bowed unto it, as Jonathan; with which agree the Syriac, Arabic, and Samaritan versions, which render it, they served, or worshipped, or sacrificed to the calf which Aaron made.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
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 were under his charge; whether he would prefer that he should himself become the founder of a “great nation,” or that the Lord’s promise should be fulfilled in the whole people of Israel. This may have been especially needful for Moses, in consequence of his natural disposition. See Numbers 12:3; and compare Exodus 3:11. With this trial of Moses repeated in a very similar manner Numbers 14:11-23, may be compared the trial of Abraham Genesis 22:0 and of our Saviour Matthew 4:8-10.
Exodus 32:8
These be thy gods ... have brought - This is thy god, O Israel, who has brought ...
Exodus 32:10
Let me alone - But Moses did not let the Lord alone; he wrestled, as Jacob had done, until, like Jacob, he obtained the blessing Genesis 32:24-29.
Exodus 32:14
This states a fact which was not revealed to Moses until after his second intercession when he had come down from the mountain and witnessed the sin of the people Exodus 32:30-34. He was then assured that the Lord’s love to His ancient people would prevail God is said, in the language of Scripture, to “repent,” when His forgiving love is seen by man to blot out the letter of His judgments against sin (2 Samuel 24:16; Joel 2:13; Jonah 3:10, etc.); or when the sin of man seems to human sight to have disappointed the purposes of grace (Gen 6:6; 1 Samuel 15:35, etc.). The awakened conscience is said to “repent,” when, having felt its sin, it feels also the divine forgiveness: it is at this crisis that God, according to the language of Scripture, repents toward the sinner. Thus, the repentance of God made known in and through the One true Mediator reciprocates the repentance of the returning sinner, and reveals to him atonement.
Exodus 32:17-18
Moses does not tell Joshua of the divine communication that had been made to him respecting the apostasy of the people, but only corrects his impression by calling his attention to the kind of noise which they are making.
Exodus 32:19
Though Moses had been prepared by the revelation on the Mount, his righteous indignation was stirred up beyond control when the abomination was before his eyes.
Exodus 32:20
See Deuteronomy 9:21. What is related in this verse must have occupied some time and may have followed the rebuke of Aaron. The act was symbolic, of course. The idol was brought to nothing and the people were made to swallow their own sin (compare Micah 7:13-14).
Exodus 32:22
Aaron’s reference to the character of the people, and his manner of stating what he had done Exo. 5:24, are very characteristic of the deprecating language of a weak mind.
Exodus 32:23
Make us gods - Make us a god.
Exodus 32:25
Naked - Rather unruly, or “licentious”.
Shame among their enemies - Compare Psalms 44:13; Psalms 79:4; Deuteronomy 28:37.
Exodus 32:26-29
The tribe of Levi, Moses’ own tribe, now distinguished itself by immediately returning to its allegiance and obeying the call to fight on the side of Yahweh. We need not doubt that the 3,000 who were slain were those who persisted in resisting Moses. The spirit of the narrative forbids us to conceive that the act of the Levites was anything like an indiscriminate massacre. An amnesty had first been offered to all by the words: “Who is on the Lord’s side?” Those who were forward to draw the sword were directed not to spare their closest relations or friends; but this must plainly have been with an understood qualification as regards the conduct of those who were to be slain. Had it not been so, they who were on the Lord’s side would have had to destroy each other. We need not stumble at the bold, simple way in which the statement is made.
Exodus 32:29
Consecrate yourselves to day to the Lord ... - The margin contains the literal rendering. Our version gives the most probable meaning of the Hebrew, and is supported by the best authority. The Levites were to prove themselves in a special way the servants of Yahweh, in anticipation of their formal consecration as ministers of the sanctuary (compare Deuteronomy 10:8), by manifesting a self-sacrificing zeal in carrying out the divine command, even upon their nearest relatives.
Exodus 32:31
Returned unto the Lord - i. e. again he ascended the mountain.
Gods of gold - a god of gold.
Exodus 32:32
For a similar form of expression, in which the conclusion is left to be supplied by the mind of the reader, see Daniel 3:15; Luke 13:9; Luke 19:42; John 6:62; Romans 9:22. For the same thought, see Romans 9:3. It is for such as Moses and Paul to realize, and to dare to utter, their readiness to be wholly sacrificed for the sake of those whom God has entrusted to their love. This expresses the perfected idea of the whole burnt-offering.
Thy book - The figure is taken from the enrolment of the names of citizens. This is its first occurrence in the Scriptures. See the marginal references. and Isaiah 4:3; Daniel 12:1; Luke 10:20; Philippians 4:3; Revelation 3:5, etc.
Exodus 32:33, Exodus 32:34
Each offender was to suffer for his own sin. Compare Exodus 20:5; Ezekiel 18:4, Ezekiel 18:20. Moses was not to be taken at his word. He was to fulfill his appointed mission of leading on the people toward the land of promise.
Exodus 32:34
Mine Angel shall go before thee - See the marginal references and Genesis 12:7.
In the day when I visit ... - Compare Numbers 14:22-24. But though the Lord chastized the individuals, He did not take His blessing from the nation.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Exodus 32:35. The Lord plagued the people — Every time they transgressed afterwards Divine justice seems to have remembered this transgression against them. The Jews have a metaphorical saying, apparently founded on this text: "No affliction has ever happened to Israel in which there was not some particle of the dust of the golden calf."
1. THE attentive reader has seen enough in this chapter to induce him to exclaim, How soon a clear sky may be overcast! How soon may the brightest prospects be obscured! Israel had just ratified its covenant with Jehovah, and had received the most encouraging and unequivocal pledges of his protection and love. But they sinned, and provoked the Lord to depart from them, and to destroy the work of his hands. A little more faith, patience, and perseverance, and they should have been safely brought into the promised land. For want of a little more dependence upon God, how often does an excellent beginning come to an unhappy conclusion! Many who were just on the borders of the promised land, and about to cross Jordan, have, through an act of unfaithfulness, been turned back to wander many a dreary year in the wilderness. Reader, be on thy guard. Trust in Christ, and watch unto prayer.
2. Many people have been greatly distressed on losing their baptismal register, and have been reduced in consequence to great political inconvenience. But still they had their lives, and should a living man complain? But a man may so sin as to provoke God to cut him off; or, like a fruitless tree, be cut down, because he encumbers the ground. Or he may have sinned a sin unto death, 1 John 5:16-17, that is, a sin which God will punish with temporal death, while he extends mercy to the soul.
3. With respect to the blotting out of God's book, on which there has been so much controversy, Is it not evident that a soul could not be blotted out of a book in which it had never been written? And is it not farther evident from Exodus 32:32-33, that, although a man be written in God's book, if he sins he may be blotted out? Let him that readeth understand; and let him that standeth take heed lest he fall. Reader, be not high-minded, but fear. Exodus 32:32; Exodus 32:32, and "Exodus 32:33".
