Exodus 32:9 KJV

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 32:9

And the Lord said unto Moses, I have seen this people ,.... He had observed their ways and works, their carriage and behaviour; he had seen them before this time; he knew from all eternity what they would be, that their neck would be as an iron sinew, and their brow brass; but now he saw that in fact which he before saw as future, and they proved to be the people he knew they would be; besides, this is said to give Moses the true character of them, which might be depended upon, since it was... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 32:9

A stiff-necked people - Probably an allusion to the stiff-necked ox, the object of their worship. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 32:9

Verse 9 9.I have seen this people, and behold. This was, indeed, the sharpest and sorest trial of the faith of Moses; when God seemed to contradict Himself and to depart from His covenant. If ever, after having been long oppressed by excessive calamities, we are not only wearied by the delay, but also agitated with various doubts, which at length tempt us to despair, as if God had disappointed us by deceptive promises, the contest is severe and terrible; but when God seems at first sight to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 32:7-10

The anger of God. God may well be angry when his people apostatise; and having recently professed entire submission to his will ( Exodus 19:8 ; Exodus 24:3 ), rebel suddenly, and cast his words behind their backs. God's anger against Israel was at this time intensified— I. BY THEIR EXTREME INGRATITUDE . He had just delivered them by a series of stupendous miracles from a cruel bondage. He had brought them out of Egypt—he had divided the Red Sea before them, and led them... 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 32:9

A stiffnecked people. This epithet, which becomes epitheton usitatum , is here used for the first time. It does not so much mean "obstinate" as "perverse" like a horse that stiffens the neck when the driver pulls the right or left rein, and will not go the way he is wanted to go. (Compare Exodus 33:3 , Exodus 33:5 ; Exodus 34:9 ; Deuteronomy 9:6 , Deuteronomy 9:13 ; Deuteronomy 31:27 ; etc.) 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

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 32:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 32:9

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 32:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 32:7-10

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 32:9

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

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