Exodus 32:21-24 - Exposition

1 . It was the people's fault, not his; they were "set on mischief."

2 . It was a fatality—he threw the gold into the fire, and "it came out this calf." We are not surprised, after this, to read in Deuteronomy, that "the Lord was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him," and was only hindered from his purpose by the intercession of Moses