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Exodus 32:23 KJV
Exodus · chapter 32 · verse 23
For they said unto me, 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.Exodus 32:23 · King James Version
Exodus 32:23 in context
21And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them?
22And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they are set on mischief.
23For they said unto me, 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.
24And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it off. So they gave it me: then I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf.
25And when Moses saw that the people were naked; (for Aaron had made them naked unto their shame among their enemies:)
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- beforepânîymthe faceH6440 →
- MosesMôshehMosheh, the Israelite lawgiverH4872 →
- EgyptMitsrayimMitsrajimH4714 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
- Makeʻâsâhto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationH6213 →
- godsʼĕlôhîymgods in the ordinary senseH430 →
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Moses, having shown his just indignation against the sin of Israel by breaking the tables and burning the calf, now proceeds to reckon with the sinners and to call them to an account, herein acting as the representative of God, who is not only a holy God, and hates sin, but a just God, and is engaged in honour to…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 21-29