Exodus 32:12

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Exodus 32:7-14

MOSES' INTERCESSION"And Jehovah spake unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, that thou broughtest up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves; they have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed unto it, and said, These are thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. And Jehovah said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and behold, it is a stiff-necked people:... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Exodus 32:7-14

Moses’ intercession 32:7-14God’s recounting the news of the golden calf to Moses gives the reader the divine perspective on Israel’s sin. Moses stressed three points in this pericope."These three points-idolatry of the golden calf, Israel’s stiff-necked refusal to obey, and God’s compassion-provide the basis of the subsequent narratives and God’s further dealings with this people. Though a great act of God’s judgment follows immediately (Exodus 32:27-35), the central themes of the subsequent... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 32:1-35

The Idolatry of the People1-6. The historical narrative is here resumed from Exodus 24:18. Becoming impatient at the prolonged absence of Moses on the mount (forty days, Exodus 24:18), and despairing of his return, the people prevail upon Aaron to make a god to go before them. From the earrings of the men and women he accordingly makes a golden bull, to which divine honours are paid.1. Unto Aaron] Aaron and Hur had been left in charge by Moses; see Exodus 24:14. Make us gods] RM ’a god.’ The... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Exodus 32:11-14

MOSES’ REPLY, AND GOD’S “REPENTANCE.”(11-13) Moses has three arguments: (1) God has done so much for His people, that surely He will not now make all of none effect (Exodus 32:11); (2) their destruction will give a triumph to the Egyptians (Exodus 32:12); (3) it will nullify the promises made to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (Genesis 15:5; Genesis 17:2-6; Genesis 26:1; Genesis 28:12; Genesis 35:11), causing Moses to eclipse their glory, and to be looked upon as the true patriarch and progenitor of... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Exodus 32:1-35

Exodus 32:2 Who would not have been ashamed to hear this answer from the brother of Moses, 'Pluck off your earrings'? He should have said, 'Pluck this idolatrous thought out of your hearts'. Bishop Hall. Exodus 32:3 Unless reason be employed in ascertaining what doctrines are revealed, humility cannot be exercised in acquiescing in them; and there is surely at least as much presumption in measuring everything by our own fancies, feelings, and prejudices, as by our own reasonings. Such voluntary... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Exodus 32:1-35

CHAPTER XXXII.THE GOLDEN CALF.Exodus 32:1-35While God was thus providing for Israel, what had Israel done with God? They had grown weary of waiting: had despaired of and slighted their heroic leader, ("this Moses, the man that brought us up,") had demanded gods, or a god, at the hand of Aaron, and had so far carried him with them or coerced him that he thought it a stroke of policy to save them from breaking the first commandment by joining them in a breach of the second, and by infecting "a... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Exodus 32:1-35

4. Israel ‘s Sin and Rebellion CHAPTER 32 1. The people in rebellion (Exodus 32:1-6 ) 2. Jehovah threatens his wrath (Exodus 32:7-10 ) 3. Moses beseeches Jehovah (Exodus 32:11-14 ) 4. Moses descends and in the camp (Exodus 32:15-29 ) 5. Moses’ offer and failure (Exodus 32:30-35 ) This chapter records the breaking of the covenant by Israel ‘s sin, rebellion against Jehovah, and idolatry. Here we find man’s heart fully uncovered, that wicked heart of unbelief. What manifestations of... read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 32:1-35

THE GOLDEN CALF (vs.1-6) Moses forty days in the mount (the number of testing) was too much for the impatient children of Israel. They gathered to Aaron in united determination to have some substitute for the leading of the God of Israel. They say they don't know what has become of Moses, and ask for "gods" that they may follow. How sadly lacking was faith in the living God! It has always been men's downfall to prefer some visible, material idol that they are willing to call "god." This too... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Exodus 32:1-35

THE BREACH MADE AND REPAIRED Moses for forty days has been absent in the mount, and to the people it seemed long. Had they forgotten the awe-inspired sights and sounds they had seen and heard? Had all the sublime and stirring events of the months since they departed from Egypt been obliterated from their memory? How can we explain the folly into which they now fell? If we cannot explain it, let us ask our own hearts if we know anything like it. THE MOLTEN CALF (Exodus 32:1-6 ) What... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Exodus 32:1-35

Aaron's Idolatry Exodus 32:0 Moses had been sent for to go up to the top of the mountain and speak to God. The man was sent for: he owed nothing to his own originality or invention. It is a mistake to suppose that Moses invented anything, originated or outlined anything of his own imagination. The Bible is of God, or it is not a word to be believed or received into the heart, or made the monitor of the troubled life. The minister does not make his own sermons: if he does, what wonder that they... read more

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