Exodus 32:11 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 32:7-14

Here, I. God acquaints Moses with what was doing in the camp while he was absent, Exod. 32:7, 8. He could have told him sooner, as soon as the first step was taken towards it, and have hastened him down to prevent it; but he suffered it to come to this height, for wise and holy ends, and then sent him down to punish it. Note, It is no reproach to the holiness of God that he suffers sin to be committed, since he knows, not only how to restrain it when he pleases, but how to make it serviceable... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 32:11

And Moses besought the Lord his God ,.... As the Lord was the God of Moses, his covenant God, and he had an interest in him, he made use of it in favour of the people of Israel: and said, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people ? so as to think or speak of consuming them utterly; otherwise he knew there was reason for his being angry and wroth with them; but though they were deserving of his hot wrath and displeasure, and even to be dealt with in the manner proposed, yet he... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 32:11

Verse 11 11.And Moses besought the Lord his God It is clear that this prayer sprang from faith, though in it he seems to fight against the very word of God; for God had said, Get thee down to thy people; but his answer is, Nay, it is thine. But, as I have lately stated, inasmuch as he firmly grasped the principle, that it was impossible for God’s covenant to be made ineffective, he breaks through or surmounts all obstacles with closed eyes as it were. He proves them to be God’s people by the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 32:7-11

The first intercessions. If Israel has been forgetting God, God has not been forgetting Israel. His eye has been on all their doings. There has not been a thought in their heart, or a word on their tongue, but, lo! it has altogether been well known to him ( Psalms 139:4 ). It is God's way, however, to permit matters to reach a crisis before he interposes. For a time he keeps silence. During the inception and early stages of the movement in Israel, he makes no discovery of it to Moses. He... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 32:7-14

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 32:7-14

The wrath of Jehovah and the intercession of Moses. I. JEHOVAH DESCRIBES TO MOSES THE APOSTASY OF ISRAEL . Jehovah is omniscient; even while spreading before Moses, with all elaboration, the patterns in the mount, his all-observant eye is equally on the doings of the people below. And now, just when Moses is expecting to be dismissed with his instructions for the people, he is fated to learn that they have proved themselves utterly unworthy of Jehovah's great designs. The... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 32:11-13

Moses has three pleas wherewith he "wrestles with God:"— 1 . Israel is God's people, for whom he has done so much that surely he will not now destroy them, and so undo his own work. 2 . Egypt will be triumphant if Israel is swept away, and will misapprehend the Divine action. 3 . The promises made to Abraham ( Genesis 15:5 ; Genesis 17:2-6 ; etc.), IsaActs ( Genesis 26:4 ), and Jacob ( Genesis 28:14 ; Genesis 35:11 ), which had received a partial fulfilment, would seem to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 32:11-15

The intercession of Moses. This intercession should be studied and laid to heart by all Christians, especially by Christian ministers, whose duty it is to "watch for the souls" of others, as "they that must give account." It was— I. EARNEST AND IMPASSIONED . No feeble voice, no lukewarm, timid utterance, was heard in the words whereby the leader sought to save his people. Prayer, expostulation, almost reproach, sound in them. God is besought, urged, importuned, to grant the boon... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Exodus 32:7-35

The faithfulness of Moses in the office that had been entrusted to him was now to be put to the test. It was to be made manifest whether he loved his own glory better than he loved the brethren who were under his charge; whether he would prefer that he should himself become the founder of a “great nation,” or that the Lord’s promise should be fulfilled in the whole people of Israel. This may have been especially needful for Moses, in consequence of his natural disposition. See Numbers 12:3; and... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 32:11

Exodus 32:11. And Moses besought the Lord his God If God would not be called the God of Israel, yet he hoped he might address him as his own God. Now Moses is standing in the gap to turn away the wrath of God, Psalms 106:23. He took the hint which God gave him when he said, Let me alone, which, though it seemed to forbid his interceding, did really encourage it, by showing what power the prayer of faith hath with God. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 32:7-14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 32:11

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 32:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 32:7-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 32:7-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 32:7-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 32:11-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 32:11-15

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Exodus 32:7-35

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 32:11

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