Exodus 32:33-35 KJV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 32:30-35

Moses, having executed justice upon the principal offenders, is here dealing both with the people and with God. I. With the people, to bring them to repentance, Exod. 32:30. 1. When some were slain, lest the rest should imagine that, because they were exempt from the capital punishment, they were therefore looked upon as free from guilt, Moses here tells the survivors, You have sinned a great sin, and therefore, though you have escaped this time, except you repent, you shall all likewise... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 32:33

And the Lord said unto Moses ,.... In answer to his request: whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book ; not that anyone that is really in the book of life is ever blotted out, or that anyone predestinated or ordained to eternal life ever perish: but some persons may think themselves, and they may seem to be written in that book, or to be among the number of God's elect, but are not, and turn out obstinate impenitent sinners, and live and die in impenitence and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 32:34

Therefore now go, lead the people unto the place of which I have spoken unto thee ,.... That is, to the land of Canaan, which he had promised to their fathers and to them, and had directed Moses to bring them to: behold, mine angel shall go before thee : and not I, as Jarchi interprets it; not the Angel of the covenant, and of his presence, as in Exodus 23:20 but a created angel, which, though a favour, was a lessening of the mercy before promised and granted; and which gave the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 32:35

And the Lord plagued the people ,.... That is, continued so to do at certain times, with the pestilence, or other calamities; for this seems not to refer, as some think, to the slaughter of the 3000 men: the reason follows: because they made the calf which Aaron made ; that is, they provided him with materials to make it; they urged and solicited him to do it, and would not be easy without it, so that the making of it is ascribed to them; or they served it, as Onkelos; or bowed unto it,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 32:33

Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out - As if the Divine Being had said: "All my conduct is regulated by infinite justice and righteousness: in no case shall the innocent ever suffer for the guilty. That no man may transgress through ignorance, I have given you my law, and thus published my covenant; the people themselves have acknowledged its justice and equity, and have voluntarily ratified it. He then that sins against me, (for sin is the transgression of the law, 1 John... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 32:34

Lead the people unto the place - The word place is not in the text, and is with great propriety omitted. For Moses never led this people into that place, they all died in the wilderness except Joshua and Caleb; but Moses led them towards the place, and thus the particle אל el here should be understood, unless we suppose that God designed to lead them to the borders of the land, but not to take them into it. I will visit their sin - I will not destroy them, but they shall not enter... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 32:35

The Lord plagued the people - Every time they transgressed afterwards Divine justice seems to have remembered this transgression against them. The Jews have a metaphorical saying, apparently founded on this text: "No affliction has ever happened to Israel in which there was not some particle of the dust of the golden calf." 1. The attentive reader has seen enough in this chapter to induce him to exclaim, How soon a clear sky may be overcast! How soon may the brightest prospects be... read more

John Calvin

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

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 32:34

Verse 34 34.Therefore now go, lead the people In these words God shews that He is appeased, for it was a sure sign of His reconciliation that His angel is appointed to guide them during the rest of their way. The exposition which some give, that an angel is now promised to take care of them, such as Daniel testifies to have been sometimes assigned even to heathen nations, and an instance of which we shall see in the next chapter, is but a poor conjecture; besides, God declares that though the... read more

John Calvin

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

Verse 35 35.And the Lord plagued the people Moses here briefly attributes to God what he had before related as to the slaughter of the three thousand, lest any should think that he had smitten them with immoderate severity Therefore Paul bids us consider in this history, as in a mirror, how greatly displeasing to God idolatry is; lest we should imitate those who were smitten by His hand. (1 Corinthians 10:7.) The indignation of Moses is consequently connected with the command of God. Meanwhile... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 32:30-35

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 32:33

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 32:34

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 32:35

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 32:33

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 32:34

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 32:35

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

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 32:34

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

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