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
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