Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Exodus 32:16
And the tables were the work of God, hewn or fashioned by God Himself, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.
And the tables were the work of God, hewn or fashioned by God Himself, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.
Verse 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...
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 we...
4. ISRAEL ‘S SIN AND REBELLION CHAPTER 32 _ 1. The people in rebellion (Exodus 32:1)_ 2. Jehovah threatens his wrath (Exodus 32:7) 3. Moses beseeches Jehovah (Exodus 32:11) 4. Moses descends and
EXODUS 32:1 E, EXODUS 32:7 Rje, EXODUS 32:15 E, EXODUS 32:25 J,...
THE TABLES... THE TABLES. Figure of speech _Epanadiplosis_ (App-6), emphasising the importance of the statement. THE WRITING.. THE WRITING. Figure of speech _Epizeuxis._ App-6. The two figures togethe...
Moses" return to the camp. His punishment of the people for their sin....
_the work of God_, &c. See Exodus 24:12; Exodus 31:18 b....
THE TEXT OF EXODUS TRANSLATION 32 And when the people saw that Mo-ses delayed to come down from the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aar-on, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, whi...
_AND THE TABLES WERE THE WORK OF GOD, AND THE WRITING WAS THE WRITING OF GOD, GRAVEN UPON THE TABLES._ The tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God. It has been alleged tha...
THE IDOLATRY OF THE PEOPLE 1-6. The historical narrative is here resumed from Exodus 24:18. Becoming impatient at the prolonged absence of Moses on the mount (forty days, Exodus 24:18), and despairing...
EXODUS: *ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION GOD’S INSTRUCTIONS TO MOSES EXODUS CHAPTER S 19 TO 40 _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 32 THE YOUNG *BULL THAT THE *ISRAELITES *WORSHIPPED – VERSES 1-35 A...
THE TABLES WERE THE WORK OF GOD. — Rosenmüller supposes this to mean merely that the size and shape of the stones was prescribed to Moses by God; but the natural meaning of the words is that God Himse...
וְ הַ֨ לֻּחֹ֔ת מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה אֱלֹהִ֖ים הֵ֑מָּה וְ
CHAPTER XXXII. _ THE GOLDEN CALF._ Exodus 32:1 While God was thus providing for Israel, what had Israel done with God? They had grown weary of waiting: had despaired of and slighted their heroic lea...
MOSES BREAKS THE TABLES AND BURNS THE CALF Exodus 32:15 There was no weak compromise on the part of Moses. He cast the tables from his hands as though he felt that the covenant between God and the He...
Immediately following the account of this period of communion between Moses and God we have the record of the sin of the people. When they said, "Up, make us Gods," they were seeking something to repr...
And the tables [were] the work of God, and (h) the writing [was] the writing of God, graven upon the tables. (h) All these repetitions show how excellent a thing they defrauded themselves of by their...
2 Corinthians 3:3....
"In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai." Up to this point all the dealings of God have been the...
Whilst God was thus preparing the precious things connected with His relationship with His people [1], the people, only thinking of what they saw in the human instrument of their deliverance, complete...
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...
And the tables [were] the work of God, and the writing [was] the writing of God, graven upon the tables. Ver. 16. _The work of God._] The greater was the people's loss, brought upon them by their sin...
_On both their sides_ Thus it was effectually provided against a possibility of any one either taking from or adding to this law, to do either of which God expressly forbade his people, Deuteronomy 4:...
1 The people in the absence of Moses, cause Aaron to make a calfe. 7 God is angred thereby. 11 At the intreatie of Moses he is appeased. 15 Moses commeth downe with the Tables. 19 He breaketh them...
THIRD DIVISION The legislation as modified by the lapse of the people, and the intensified distinction between Jehovah and Israel as expressed in the more hierarchical constitution of the theocracy...
THE GOLDEN CALF (vs.1-6) Moses forty days in the mount (the number of testing) was too much for the impatient children of Israel. They gathered to Aaron in united determination to have some substitut...
15-20 What a change it is, to come down from the mount of communion with God, to converse with a wicked world. In God we see nothing but what is pure and pleasing; in the world nothing but what is sin...
No text from Poole on this verse....
We have now to contemplate something very different from that Which has hitherto engaged our attention. " The pattern of things in the heavens," has been before us Christ in His glorious Person, graci...
Exodus 32:16 tablets H3871 work H4639 God H430 writing H4385 writing H4385 God H430 engraved H2801 (H8803) tablets...
MOSES DESCENDS AND WITNESSES WHAT IS HAPPENING AND ACTS DECISIVELY TO BRING MATTERS UNDER CONTROL (EXODUS 32:15). a Moses turns and descends with the tablets of the Covenant in His hands, which were...
TABLES (_ See Scofield) - (Exodus 20:4). _...
Exodus 32:1. _And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before u...
CONTENTS: The broken law; Israel worships a golden calf. Intercession of Moses. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Aaron, Joshua. CONCLUSION: It is a great sin to make gold, or anything else, a god, as those d...
Exodus 32:1. _Unto Aaron._ Some copies read, the people gathered themselves together _against_ Aaron. He sinned through fear of man; but as the Lord did not punish him with the revolters, the latter w...
EXODUS 32:1 Covenant Breach, Intercession, and Renewal. This section illustrates Israel’s need for sanctification from the Lord. ⇐ ⇔
EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 32:16 THE WRITING WAS THE WRITING OF GOD. See Exodus 31:18....
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 32:15_ THE TRUTH GIVEN AND LOST We contemplate— I. THE TRUTH GIVEN, EXODUS 31 : Exodus 32:18. 1. The highest truth was _given_ to man. That truth could n...
EXPOSITION MOSES BREAKS THE TWO TABLES. The entire conference between God and Moses being now ended, Moses hastened to descend from the mount, and interpose in the crisis that had arisen, he took care...
Now when the people saw that Moses had delayed coming down from the mountain, they gathered to Aaron, and they said unto him, Get up, and make us gods, that shall go before us; for as for Moses, we do...
Exodus 31:18 Exodus 34:1 Exodus 34:4 Deuteronomy 9:9 Deuteronomy 9:1
The writing of God — Very probably the first writing in the world....