exodus-32:15-20-bsb

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 32:15-20

Here is, I. The favour of God to Moses, in trusting him with the two tables of the testimony, which, though of common stone, were far more valuable than all the precious stones that adorned the breast-plate of Aaron. The topaz of Ethiopia could not equal them, Exod. 32:15, 16. God himself, without the ministry either of man or angel (for aught that appears), wrote the ten commandments on these tables, on both their sides, some on one table and some on the other, so that they were folded... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 32:15

And Moses turned, and went down from the mount ,.... He turned himself from God, with whom he had been conversing forty days; his back was to the ascent of the mount, and he turned himself in order to go down; or "he looked" F7 ויפן "et aspexit", Pagninus. , as a man considers what is to be done, as Aben Ezra observes, and he saw that he was obliged to go down in haste: and the two tables of the testimony were in his hand ; or hands, as in Exodus 32:19 for they were, perhaps,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 32:16

And the tables were the work of God ,.... And not of angels or men; the stones were made and formed by God into the shape they were: and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables ; the letters in which the law was written were of his framing, devising, and engraving; and this was to show that this law was his own, and contained his mind and will; and to give the greater dignity and authority to it, and to deter men from breaking it. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 32:17

And when Joshua heard the noise of the people, as they shouted ,.... Dancing about the calf: when Moses went up into the mount, Joshua went with him, and tarried in a lower part of the mount all the forty days until he returned, see Exodus 24:13 though not so low as the bottom of the mount where the people were, nor so near it as to know what they did there, for of their affairs he seems to be entirely ignorant; nor so high as where Moses was, or, however, not in the cloud where he... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 32:18

And he said ,.... Not Joshua, as Saadiah Gaon thinks, but Moses, in answer to what Joshua had said: it is not the voice of them that shout for mastery ; that have got the better of it, and have obtained the victory, and shout on that account; or, "not the voice of a cry of strength", or "of a strong cry" F8 קול ענות גבורה "vox eorum qui respondeant fortiter", Tigurine version; "vox clamoris fortis", Drusius. ; that is, of men who have got the victory, and are in high... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 32:19

And it came to pass, as soon, as he came nigh unto the camp ,.... To the bottom of the mountain, and pretty near where the people were encamped: that he saw the calf, and the dancing ; the golden image of the calf, and the people dancing about it, in honour of it, and as glad they had got a symbol and representation of God to go before them; and so the Egyptians did before the golden ox; as Philo says, before observed: and Moses's anger waxed hot : he fell into a passion of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 32:20

And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire ,.... Melted it down into a mass of gold, whereby it lost its form, and had no more the appearance of a calf: and ground it to powder ; but how this was done is not easy to say, whether by beating the mass of gold into thin plates, and then filing them small; for this art has remained unknown; the chemists have boasted of it as only possessed of it; but it seems Moses, learned in all the learning of the Egyptians, had it:... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 32:15

The tables were written on both their sides - If we take this literally, it was certainly a very unusual thing; for in ancient times the two sides of the same substance were never written over. However, some rabbins suppose that by the writing on both sides is meant the letters were cut through the tables, so that they might be read on both sides, though on one side they would appear reversed. Supposing this to be correct, if the letters were the same with those called Hebrew now in common... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 32:16

The tables were the work of God - Because such a law could proceed from none but himself; God alone is the fountain and author of Law, of what is right, just, holy, and good. See the meaning of the word Law, Exodus 12:49 ; (note). The writing was the writing of God - For as he is the sole author of law and justice, so he alone can write them on the heart of man. This is agreeable to the spirit of the new covenant which God had promised to make with men in the latter days: I will make a... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 32:17

Joshua - said - There is a noise of war in the camp - How natural was this thought to the mind of a military man! Hearing a confused noise he supposed that the Israelitish camp had been attacked by some of the neighboring tribes. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 32:15-20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 32:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 32:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 32:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 32:18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 32:19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 32:20

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 32:15

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 32:16

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 32:17

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