Exodus 32:35

35 Also strafte der HERR das Volk, daß sie das Kalb hatten 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 Der HERR sprach zu Mose: Was? Ich will den aus meinem Buch tilgen, der an mir sündigt.

34 So gehe nun hin und führe das Volk, dahin ich dir gesagt habe. Siehe, mein Engel soll vor dir her gehen. Ich werde ihre Sünde wohl heimsuchen, wenn meine Zeit kommt heimzusuchen.

35 Also strafte der HERR das Volk, daß sie das Kalb hatten gemacht, welches Aaron gemacht hatte.