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Exodus 32:2-4 KJV
Exodus · chapter 32 · verses 2–4 · King James Version
2And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me. 3And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron. 4And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.Exodus 32:2-4 · King James Version
Exodus 32:2-4 in context
1And 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 us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.
2And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me.
3And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron.
4And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
5And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to the LORD.
6And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- daughtersbatha daughterH1323 →
- fashionedtsûwrto crampH6696 →
- earringsnezema nose-ringH5141 →
- receivedlâqachto takeH3947 →
- broughtbôwʼto go or comeH935 →
- goldenzâhâbgold, figuratively, something gold-colored , as oil, a clear skyH2091 →
- peopleʻama peopleH5971 →
- moltenmaççêkâhproperly, a pouring overH4541 →
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While Moses was in the mount, receiving the law from God, the people had time to meditate upon what had been delivered, and prepare themselves for what was further to be revealed, and forty days was little enough for that work;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-6