Exodus 32:30-33 ESV

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 32:33

Verse 33 33.Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out In these words God adapts Himself to the comprehension of the human mind, when He says, “him will I blot out;” for hypocrites make such false profession of His name, that they are not accounted aliens, until God openly renounces them: and hence their manifest rejection is called erasure. Moreover, God reproves the preposterous request of Moses, inasmuch as it does not consist with His justice to reject the innocent; whence it... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 32:15-35

Judgment and mercy. I. THE DESCENT or MOSES THE EMBLEM OF THE LAW 'S ENTRANCE INTO A WORLD OF SIN ( Exodus 32:15-29 ). 1 . He came with tables written by God's own finger. The Divine origin and claims of the law are still attested by its own nature and by man's conscience. 2 . He was met by the exhibition of gross and defiant sin. The law does not come to a people waiting to receive the knowledge of God's will, but busy with their idolatry and... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 32:25-30

The zeal of Levi. Panic was in the camp. The idolaters stood as they had been taken in their guilty revels. Their sin had been of too heinous a nature to admit of its being passed over without severe punishment. Law must be vindicated. Vengeance must be taken for the injury offered to the majesty of Jehovah. Stern as the duty is, the mediator does not shrink from immediately addressing himself to the execution of judgment. I. THE SUMMONS . He stood in the gate of the camp and said,... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 32:30

On the morrow . The day must have been well-nigh over when the slaughter of the 3000 was completed: and after that the corpses had to be buried, the signs of carnage to be effaced, and the wounded, of whom there must have been many, cared for. Moses would have had to direct, if not even to superintend, everything, and therefore could not reascend Sinai until the next day. Moses said unto the people, Not now to the elders only, as in Exodus 24:14 , but to all the people, since all had... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 32:30-34

Moses as the forerunner of Christ. " A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you like unto me," said the great lawgiver, ere he left the earth ( Deuteronomy 17:15 , Deuteronomy 17:18 ); and the parallelism between Christ and Moses is in many respects most striking. 1 . Both were of obscure birth—"the son of a carpenter"—the son of "a man of the house of Levi." 2 . Both were in great peril in infancy—their life sought by the civil ruler—Herod—Pharaoh. 3 . Both... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 32:30-35

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The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 32:30-35

The second intercession. This second intercession of Moses is even more wonderful than the first. The question raised on that former occasion—Is Moses more merciful than God?—will, indeed, no longer occur. Those who might have been disposed to press that question then will probably not be disposed to press it now. They have since had sufficient evidence of Moses' severity. They have found that, whatever elements of character are lacking to him, he is not wanting in energy of indignation at... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 32:31

Gods of gold . Rather "a god of gold." read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 32:31-32

The confession and intercession of Moses. Notice here— I. THE AMPLITUDE OF THIS CONFESSION . It is very necessary to contrast the words of Moses in Exodus 32:31 and Exodus 32:32 with his previous words in Exodus 32:11-13 . What a difference there is in the ground, elements, and tone of the two appeals! and this difference is fully explained by the experience through which he had been in the interval. It was a bitter and humiliating experience—we may almost say an... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 32:32

If thou wilt forgive their sin . The ellipsis which follows, is to be supplied by some such words, as "well and good"—" I am content"—" I have no more to say." Similar eases of ellipses will be found in Danial Exodus 3:5 ; Luke 13:9 ; Luke 19:42 ; John 6:62 ; Romans 9:22 . And if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book . Some interpret this as merely equivalent to, "Blot me out of the book of the living," and explain that phrase as meaning simply—"Take my life—kill me... read more

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 32:33

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 32:15-35

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 32:25-30

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 32:30

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 32:30-34

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 32:30-35

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 32:30-35

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 32:31

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 32:31-32

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 32:32

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