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Exodus 32:4 KJV
Exodus · chapter 32 · verse 4
And 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 32:4 · King James Version
Exodus 32:4 in context
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)
- fashionedtsûwrto crampH6696 →
- receivedlâqachto takeH3947 →
- moltenmaççêkâhproperly, a pouring overH4541 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- handyâda handH3027 →
- toolchereṭa chisel or graverH2747 →
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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