출애굽기 32:6-25 KRV

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 32:12

Wherefore should the Egyptians speak and say ,.... Those that remained, as the Targum of Jonathan, who were not drowned in the Red sea: a good man will be concerned for the honour and glory of God among the enemies of his people, that their mouths may not be opened to blaspheme the Lord and speak ill of his ways, see Joshua 7:9 and this is sometimes an argument with God himself, not to do that to his people they deserve, lest it should give occasion to the enemy to speak reproachfully,... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 32:13

Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants ,.... The covenant he made with them, the promise he had made unto them, with an oath annexed to it: to whom thou swarest by thine own self ; which he did, because he could swear by no greater; and for the confirmation of his covenant and promise, see Genesis 22:16 . and saidst unto them ; for what was said to Abraham was repeated and confirmed to Isaac and Jacob: I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven ; multitudes of... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 32:14

And the Lord repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people. He did not do what he threatened to do, and seemed to have in his thoughts and designs, but did what Moses desired he would, Exodus 32:12 not that any of God's thoughts or the determinations of his mind are alterable; for the thoughts of his heart are to all generations; but he changes the outward dispensations of his providence, or his methods of acting with men, which he has been taking or threatened to take; and... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 32:15

And Moses turned, and went down from the mount ,.... He turned himself from God, with whom he had been conversing forty days; his back was to the ascent of the mount, and he turned himself in order to go down; or "he looked" F7 ויפן "et aspexit", Pagninus. , as a man considers what is to be done, as Aben Ezra observes, and he saw that he was obliged to go down in haste: and the two tables of the testimony were in his hand ; or hands, as in Exodus 32:19 for they were, perhaps,... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 32:16

And the tables were the work of God ,.... And not of angels or men; the stones were made and formed by God into the shape they were: and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables ; the letters in which the law was written were of his framing, devising, and engraving; and this was to show that this law was his own, and contained his mind and will; and to give the greater dignity and authority to it, and to deter men from breaking it. read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 32:17

And when Joshua heard the noise of the people, as they shouted ,.... Dancing about the calf: when Moses went up into the mount, Joshua went with him, and tarried in a lower part of the mount all the forty days until he returned, see Exodus 24:13 though not so low as the bottom of the mount where the people were, nor so near it as to know what they did there, for of their affairs he seems to be entirely ignorant; nor so high as where Moses was, or, however, not in the cloud where he... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 32:18

And he said ,.... Not Joshua, as Saadiah Gaon thinks, but Moses, in answer to what Joshua had said: it is not the voice of them that shout for mastery ; that have got the better of it, and have obtained the victory, and shout on that account; or, "not the voice of a cry of strength", or "of a strong cry" F8 קול ענות גבורה "vox eorum qui respondeant fortiter", Tigurine version; "vox clamoris fortis", Drusius. ; that is, of men who have got the victory, and are in high... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 32:19

And it came to pass, as soon, as he came nigh unto the camp ,.... To the bottom of the mountain, and pretty near where the people were encamped: that he saw the calf, and the dancing ; the golden image of the calf, and the people dancing about it, in honour of it, and as glad they had got a symbol and representation of God to go before them; and so the Egyptians did before the golden ox; as Philo says, before observed: and Moses's anger waxed hot : he fell into a passion of... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 32:20

And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire ,.... Melted it down into a mass of gold, whereby it lost its form, and had no more the appearance of a calf: and ground it to powder ; but how this was done is not easy to say, whether by beating the mass of gold into thin plates, and then filing them small; for this art has remained unknown; the chemists have boasted of it as only possessed of it; but it seems Moses, learned in all the learning of the Egyptians, had it:... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 32:21

And Moses said unto Aaron ,.... Having destroyed the calf, and thereby expressed his abhorrence of their idolatry, he examines the principal persons concerned, and inquires into the cause and reason of it, how it came about; and begins with Aaron, though his own brother, with whom along with Hur he had committed the government of the people during his absence; and therefore was justly accountable for such a transaction, which could not have been without his knowledge and consent: no mention... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 32:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 32:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 32:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 32:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 32:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 32:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 32:18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 32:19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 32:20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 32:21

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