Exode 32:5

5 Lorsqu'Aaron vit cela, il bâtit un autel devant lui, et il s'écria: Demain, il y aura fête en l'honneur de l'Eternel!

Exode 32:5 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 32:5

And when Aaron saw it
In what form it was, and what a figure it made, and how acceptable it was to the Israelites. The Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem paraphrase it,

``and Aaron saw Hur slain before him;''

for reproving them for their idolatry, as the Midrash ^F5, quoted by Jarchi, says: and Aaron fearing they would take away his life if he opposed them,

he built an altar before it;
that sacrifice might be offered on it to it:

and Aaron made proclamation, and said, tomorrow [is] a feast to the
Lord;
that is, he gave orders to have it published throughout the camp, there would be solemn sacrifices offered up to the Lord, as represented by this calf, and a feast thereon, which was a public invitation of them to the solemnity: though some think this was a protracting time, and putting the people off till the morrow, who would have been for offering sacrifice immediately, hoping that Moses would come down from the mount before that time, and prevent their idolatry.

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FOOTNOTES:

F5 So Pirke Eliezer, c. 45.

Exode 32:5 In-Context

3 Et tous ôtèrent les anneaux d'or qui étaient à leurs oreilles, et ils les apportèrent à Aaron.

4 Il les reçut de leurs mains, jeta l'or dans un moule, et fit un veau en fonte. Et ils dirent: Israël! voici ton dieu, qui t'a fait sortir du pays d'Egypte.

5 Lorsqu'Aaron vit cela, il bâtit un autel devant lui, et il s'écria: Demain, il y aura fête en l'honneur de l'Eternel!

6 Le lendemain, ils se levèrent de bon matin, et ils offrirent des holocaustes et des sacrifices d'actions de grâces. Le peuple s'assit pour manger et pour boire; puis ils se levèrent pour se divertir.

7 L'Eternel dit à Moïse: Va, descends; car ton peuple, que tu as fait sortir du pays d'Egypte, s'est corrompu.