Éxodo 32:22

22 Y Aarón respondió: No se encienda la ira de mi señor; tú conoces al pueblo, que es propenso al mal.

Éxodo 32:22 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 32:22

And Aaron said, let not the anger of my lord wax hot
He addresses him in a very respectful manner, though his younger brother, being in a superior office, the chief ruler of the people, king in Jeshurun; and he perceived a violent emotion rising in him, great indignation in his countenance, and an high resentment of what was done, and therefore he entreats his patience to hear him, in a few words, what he had to say, and he begins with the well known character of the people:

thou knowest the people, that they [are] set on mischief;
or are "in wickedness" ^F17; wholly in it, and under the power and influence of it, given up to it, and bent upon it; and there was no restraining them from it; and he appeals to the knowledge of Moses himself for the truth of this, of which their several murmurings against him, since they came out of Egypt, were a proof; see ( 1 John 5:19 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F17 (erb) "in malo", Montanus, Drusius, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.

Éxodo 32:22 In-Context

20 Y tomando el becerro que habían hecho, lo quemó en el fuego, lo molió hasta reducirlo a polvo y lo esparció sobre el agua, e hizo que los hijos de Israel lo bebieran.

21 Entonces dijo Moisés a Aarón: ¿Qué te ha hecho este pueblo para que hayas traído sobre él tan gran pecado?

22 Y Aarón respondió: No se encienda la ira de mi señor; tú conoces al pueblo, que es propenso al mal.

23 Porque me dijeron: "Haznos un dios que vaya delante de nosotros; pues no sabemos qué le haya acontecido a este Moisés, el hombre que nos sacó de la tierra de Egipto."

24 Y yo les dije: "El que tenga oro, que se lo quite." Y me lo dieron, y lo eché al fuego y salió este becerro.