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Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Exodus 32:1-35

32:1-34:35 COVENANT BROKEN AND RENEWEDThe golden bull (32:1-35)Although they were God’s people and had been delivered by his mighty power from slavery in Egypt, the Israelites were still very much Egyptian in their feelings, thinking and habits. They made an animal idol as a visible symbol of their unseen God, then developed a ritual to go with it, complete with priest, altar, sacrifices and feasting. And, as often happened with the pagan religions, drunkenness and immoral sex-play accompanied... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Exodus 32:31

returned. Moses' fifth ascent. See note on Exodus 19:8 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Exodus 32:32

sin = Figure of speech Aposiopesis ( App-6 ), to emphasise the unspeakableness of the sin. Thy book. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia ( App-6 ). Compare Psalms 69:28 . Isaiah 4:3 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Exodus 32:33

him . Under the Law, the sinner blotted out: under grace, sin blotted out. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Exodus 32:34

behold . A special reading (Severna Codex, App-34 ) has "and behold". See App-34 . Mine angel . Probably an inferior angel, not that of Exodus 23:20 , Exodus 23:21 . when I visit. Figure of speech Polyptoton ( App-6 ). Literally "when I visit I will visit". See note on Genesis 26:28 with Gen 60:24 , Gen 60:25 . This is to emphasise the fact that there is such a thing as postponed judgment. Compare Exodus 34:7 . Numbers 14:33 .Ezekiel 18:1-3 .Matthew 23:32-36 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Exodus 32:30-35

MOSES' RENEWED INTERCESSION"And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people, Ye have sinned a great sin, and now I will go up unto Jehovah; peradventure, I shall make atonement for your sin. And Moses returned unto Jehovah, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold. Yet now, if thou wilt, forgive their sin; and, if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written. And Jehovah said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Exodus 32:31

Exodus 32:31. Moses returned unto the Lord, and said— See Deuteronomy 9:18. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Exodus 32:32

Exodus 32:32. If not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book— In Numbers 11:15. Moses makes use of an expression plainer than this, but both, no doubt, of the same import: If thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand. It can not be imagined that Moses desired to be blotted out of the book of eternal life: this desire would not only have been highly impious in itself, but utterly inconsistent with that desire of self-happiness, which is the first law of nature. Besides, such a... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Exodus 32:33

Exodus 32:33. Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out— i.e. I will not suffer them to live, to enjoy the temporal benefits and privileges of my covenant; and the sequel will shew us how this was verified. Impatient of Moses's delay for forty days in the mount, they were condemned to wander forty years in the wilderness, and, for this and other offences, never to enter Canaan. read more

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