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Verse Exodus 32:5. _TO-MORROW_ IS _A FEAST TO THE LORD_] In Bengal the
officiating _Brahmin_, or an appointed person proclaims, "To-morrow,
or on -- day of -- , such a ceremony will be performed!...
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In all probability these three chapters originally formed a distinct
composition. The main incidents recorded in them follow in the order
of time, and are therefore in their proper place as regards hi...
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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
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EXODUS 32:1 E, EXODUS 32:7 Rje, EXODUS 32:15 E, EXODUS 32:25 J,...
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A FEAST TO THE LORD. All done under cover of "religion".
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4....
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Seeing the impression which the image made upon Israel, Aaron at once
builds an altar before it, and proclaims a feast to Jehovah. The calf
is thus clearly regarded, not as exclusive of Jehovah, but a...
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WHEN AARON SAW IT, &C.— Whatever may be urged in behalf of Aaron,
there can be no doubt that his conduct was extremely blameable: nor
have we any need to attempt his vindication, as there can be no ro...
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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...
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_AND WHEN AARON SAW IT, HE BUILT AN ALTAR BEFORE IT; AND AARON MADE
PROCLAMATION, AND SAID, TO MORROW IS A FEAST TO THE LORD._
Aaron ... built an altar before it - `like that which still exists
befor...
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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...
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A FEAST TO THE LORD] i.e. to Jehovah. See on Exodus 32:1. Feasting was
a common accompaniment of sacrifice; see on Exodus 24:9. On the nature
of the play in this case see Exodus 32:18;...
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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...
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AARON... BUILT AN ALTAR BEFORE IT. — Having once yielded to the
popular cry. Aaron was carried on from one compliance to another. He
caused the mould to be made for the idol, and the gold to be melted...
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וַ יַּ֣רְא אַהֲרֹ֔ן וַ יִּ֥בֶן
מִזְבֵּ֖חַ לְ
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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...
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AARON'S GOLDEN CALF OFFENDS THE LORD
Exodus 32:1
The people never thought of taking Aaron as a substitute for Moses,
because they instinctively recognized his moral weakness. Though he
was dressed i...
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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...
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The Lord. The most sacred name of God is prostituted, (Judges xvii.
and xviii.; Wisdom xiv. 21,) and an altar is erected to this idol;
though some pretend, that Aaron meant God to be adored under this...
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Compare this account with what is said, Exodus 24:7. then read that
scripture, which can never be too often read, Jeremiah 17:9. Observe
how the Psalmist remarks this sin, being so highly aggravated,...
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"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...
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5._And, when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it_. When he sees
the people so infuriated, that he despairs of being able to resist
their conspiracy, in perfidious cowardice he gives way to compl...
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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...
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AND WHEN AARON SAW IT,.... In what form it was, and what a figure it
made, and how acceptable it was to the Israelites. The Targums of
Jonathan and Jerusalem paraphrase it,
"and Aaron saw Hur slain b...
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And when Aaron saw [it], he built an altar before it; and Aaron made
proclamation, and said, To morrow [is] a feast to the LORD.
Ver. 5. _A feast to Jehovah._] Whom these idolators pretended to
worsh...
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_Aaron built an altar_ Being borne down with the stream; _and
proclaimed a feast_ Namely, of dedication; yet he calls it _a feast to
Jehovah_ By which it is still more evident that the people did not...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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1-6 While Moses was in the mount, receiving the law from God, the
people made a tumultuous address to Aaron. This giddy multitude were
weary of waiting for the return of Moses. Weariness in waiting b...
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WHEN AARON SAW, i.e. observed with what applause they received it, and
with what fury and resolution they prosecuted their former desire, he
was borne down with the stream, and, as it is probable, by...
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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...
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Exodus 32:5 Aaron H175 saw H7200 (H8799) built H1129 (H8799) altar
H4196 before H6440 Aaron H175 proclamation...
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THE PEOPLE'S REBELLION AND THE MOLTEN CALF (EXODUS 32:1).
While Moses was in the Mount for forty days and forty nights receiving
his instructions from Yahweh, the people waiting in the plain below
bec...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_Up, make us gods._
IDOLATRY
I. The very essence of idolatry is not spiritual ignorance and
obtuseness, but a wilful turning away from the spiritual knowledge and
worship of God.
1. This act of ido...
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EXODUS 32:1 Covenant Breach, Intercession, and Renewal. This section
illustrates Israel’s need for sanctification from the Lord.
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Exodus 32:1. Zeh Mosheh häish = this Moses _the man_]. The
Israelites, thinking that “the man” who brought them out of the
land of Egypt had acted the part of a truant, and that they...
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EXPOSITION
THE IDOLATRY OF THE GOLDEN CALF. During the absence of Moses in Mount
Sinai, an absence of nearly six weeks, the Israelites grew impatient,
and regarding their leader as lost to them, and t...
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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...
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Aaron 1 Samuel 14:35 2 Kings 16:11 Hosea 8:11 Hosea 8:14 made
proclamation...
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And Aaron built an altar before it, and proclaimed a feast — A feast
of dedication; yet he calls it a feast to Jehovah; for, as brutish as
they were, they did not design to terminate their adoration i...