Éxodo 32:3

3 Todos los israelitas se quitaron los aretes de oro que llevaban puestos, y se los llevaron a Aarón,

Éxodo 32:3 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 32:3

And all the people brake off the golden earrings, which
were in their ears
The men took off their earrings, and persuaded their wives and children, or obliged them to part with theirs; though the Targum of Jonathan says the women refused to give their ornaments to their husbands, therefore all the people immediately broke off all the golden ornaments which were in their ears {x}, so intent were they upon idolatry. This is to be understood not of every individual, but of the greatest part of the people; so apostle explains it of some of them, ( 1 Corinthians 10:7 ) . Idolaters spare no cost nor pains to support their worship, and will strip themselves, their wives, and children, of their ornaments, to deck their idols; which may shame the worshippers of the true God, who are oftentimes too backward to contribute towards the maintenance of his worship and service:

and brought [them] unto Aaron:
presently, the selfsame day; they soon forgot the commands enjoined them to have no other gods, save one, and to make no graven image to bow down to it, and their own words, ( Exodus 24:7 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F24 So Pirke Eliezer, c. 45.

Éxodo 32:3 In-Context

1 Al ver los israelitas que Moisés tardaba en bajar del monte, fueron a reunirse con Aarón y le dijeron:—Tienes que hacernos dioses que marchen al frente de nosotros, porque a ese Moisés que nos sacó de Egipto, ¡no sabemos qué pudo haberle pasado!

2 Aarón les respondió:—Quítenles a sus mujeres los aretes de oro, y también a sus hijos e hijas, y tráiganmelos.

3 Todos los israelitas se quitaron los aretes de oro que llevaban puestos, y se los llevaron a Aarón,

4 quien los recibió y los fundió; luego cinceló el oro fundido e hizo un ídolo en forma de becerro. Entonces exclamó el pueblo: «Israel, ¡aquí tienes a tus dioses que te sacaron de Egipto!»

5 Cuando Aarón vio esto, construyó un altar enfrente del becerro y anunció:—Mañana haremos fiesta en honor del SEÑOR.