Exodus 32:3 KJV
And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron.
Matthew Henry
- The people cause Aaron to make a golden calfWhile 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...
Cross References
- Judges 17:3–4 And when he had restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver unto the LORD from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image: now therefore I will restore it unto thee. …
- Isaiah 40:19–20 The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains. …
- Isaiah 46:6 They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, and hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yea, they worship.
- Jeremiah 10:9 Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple is their clothing: they are all the work of cunning men.
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Topics
- Aaron Makes the golden calf
- Apostasy Israelites
- Backsliders When Aaron made the golden calf
- Calf Golden, made by Aaron
- Ear-ring For the golden calf
- Falsehood Aaron, in attempting to shift responsibility for the making of the golden calf
- Feasts Men and women attend
- Idol Gold
- Israel Idolatry of
- Quotations and allusions In the new testament from, and to, the old testament
- Revelation The law is revealed
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible1491–1451 BC · Israel in the Wilderness
Bible Dictionary
- AaronThe eldest son of Amram and Jochebed, a daughter of Levi (Ex 6:20). Some explain the name as meaning mountaineer, others mountain of...
Hebrew and Strong’s
- And all the people כָּל kol Noun · masculine singular construct הָעָם hāʿām עַם Noun · masculine singular · with the
- brake off וַיִּתְפָּרְקוּ wayyitpārĕqû פָּרַק Verb · hithpael sequential imperfect, third person masculine plural · with and
- the golden הַזָּהָב hazzāhāb זָהָב Noun · masculine singular · with the
- earrings אֶת ʾet Object marker נִזְמֵי nizmê נֶזֶם Noun · masculine plural construct
- which were in their ears אֲשֶׁר ʾăšer Relative בְּאָזְנֵיהֶם bĕʾoznêhem אֹזֶן Noun · feminine dual construct · with preposition, suffix: third person masculine plural
- and brought וַיָּבִיאוּ wayyābîʾww בּוֹא Verb · hiphil sequential imperfect, third person masculine plural · with and
- unto Aaron אֶל ʾel Preposition אַהֲרֹן ʾahărōn אַהֲרוֹן Proper name
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