John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 9:21
And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made ,.... Which was the object of their sin, which lay in making and worshipping it; see Isaiah 31:7 . and burnt it with fire, and stamped it ; with his feet after it was burnt, to bring it into small pieces: and ground it very small ; or, as the Targum of Jonathan,"ground it in a mortar well;'the burnt and broken pieces: even until it was as small as dust ; being ground to powder, as in Exodus 32:20 . and I cast the dust thereof... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 9:20
And the Lord was very angry with Aaron, to have destroyed him ,.... For complying with the request of the people in making a calf for them, and for that miserable shift he made to excuse himself; which so provoked the Lord, that he threatened to destroy him, and he was in danger of being cut off, had it not been for the intercession of Moses: and I prayed for Aaron also the same time : who either was included in the general prayer for the people, Exodus 32:31 or a particular prayer was... read more