Exodus 32:35

35 And the LORD struck the people with a plague because of what they did with the calf Aaron had made.

Exodus 32:35 in Other Translations

35 And the LORD plagued the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made.

35 Then the LORD sent a plague on the people, because they made the calf, the one that Aaron made.

35 Then the LORD sent a great plague upon the people because they had worshiped the calf Aaron had made.

35 God sent a plague on the people because of the calf they and Aaron had made.

35 And the Lord inflicted a plague on the people for what they did with the calf Aaron had made.

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 The LORD replied to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against me I will blot out of my book.

34 Now go, lead the people to the place I spoke of, and my angel will go before you. However, when the time comes for me to punish, I will punish them for their sin.”

35 And the LORD struck the people with a plague because of what they did with the calf Aaron had made.

Cross References

• 1. S ver 4