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Exodus 32:6-8 KJV
Exodus · chapter 32 · verses 6–8
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. 7And the LORD said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves: 8They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.Exodus 32:6-8 · King James Version
Exodus 32:6-8 in context
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.
7And the LORD said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves:
8They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
9And the LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:
10Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- worshippedshâchâhto depressH7812 →
- sacrificedzâbachto slaughter an animalH2076 →
- offeringsʻôlâha step orH5930 →
- offeringsshelemproperly, requitalH8002 →
- commandedtsâvâhto constitute, enjoinH6680 →
- offeredʻâlâhto ascend, intransitively or activelyH5927 →
- broughtnâgashto be or come nearH5066 →
- quicklymahêrproperly, hurryingH4118 →
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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