Exodus 32:35

35 Und Jehova schlug das Volk, darum daß sie das Kalb gemacht, welches Aaron gemacht hatte.

Exodus 32:35 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 32:35

And the Lord plagued the people
That is, continued so to do at certain times, with the pestilence, or other calamities; for this seems not to refer, as some think, to the slaughter of the 3000 men: the reason follows,

because they made the calf which Aaron made;
that is, they provided him with materials to make it; they urged and solicited him to do it, and would not be easy without it, so that the making of it is ascribed to them; or they served it, as Onkelos; or bowed unto it, as Jonathan; with which agree the Syriac, Arabic, and Samaritan versions, which render it, they served, or worshipped, or sacrificed to the calf which Aaron made.

Exodus 32:35 In-Context

33 Und Jehova sprach zu Mose: Wer gegen mich gesündigt hat, den werde ich aus meinem Buche auslöschen.
34 Und nun gehe hin, führe das Volk, wohin ich dir gesagt habe. Siehe, mein Engel wird vor dir herziehen; und am Tage meiner Heimsuchung, da werde ich ihre Sünde an ihnen heimsuchen.
35 Und Jehova schlug das Volk, darum daß sie das Kalb gemacht, welches Aaron gemacht hatte.
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