The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 32:22-24
Aaron's excuses. We are all ready enough to condemn Aaron for his insincere and shifty answer; but do not the apostle's words occur to any of us?—"Therefore, thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest, for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things" ( Romans 2:1 ). Do not we all, when we are taxed with faults, seek to shift the blame of them elsewhere? e.g. :— I. ON THE PEOPLE WITH WHOM WE LIVE... read more
The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 32:22
Let not the anger of my lord wax hot . Aaron's humility is extreme, and the result of a consciousness of guilt. He nowhere else addresses Moses as "my lord." Set on mischief . Or "inclined to evil" (Kalisch). read more