Éxodo 32:2

2 Aarón les respondió:
—Quítenles a sus esposas, hijos e hijas los aretes de oro que llevan en las orejas y tráiganmelos.

Éxodo 32:2 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 32:2

And Aaron said unto them
Perceiving that they were not to be dissuaded from their evil counsel, and diverted from their purpose, but were determined at all events to have an image made to represent God unto them in a visible manner:

break off the golden earrings which are in the ears of your wives,
of your sons, and of your daughters;
these were some of the jewels in gold they had borrowed of the Egyptians; and it seems that, in those times and countries, men, as well as women, used to wear earrings, and so Pliny ^F23 says, in the eastern countries men used to wear gold in their ears; and this may be confirmed from the instance of the Ishmaelites and Midianites, ( Judges 8:24 ) . Aaron did not ask the men for theirs, but for those of their wives and children; it may be, because he might suppose they were more fond of them, and would not so easily part with them, hoping by this means to have put them off of their design:

and bring [them] unto me;
to make a god of, as they desired, that is, the representation of one.

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FOOTNOTES:

F23 Nat. Hist. l. 11. c. 37.

Éxodo 32:2 In-Context

1 El becerro de oro
Cuando los israelitas vieron que Moisés tardaba tanto en bajar del monte, se juntaron alrededor de Aarón y le dijeron:
—Vamos, haznos dioses que puedan guiarnos. No sabemos qué le sucedió a ese tipo, Moisés, el que nos trajo aquí desde la tierra de Egipto.

2 Aarón les respondió:
—Quítenles a sus esposas, hijos e hijas los aretes de oro que llevan en las orejas y tráiganmelos.

3 Todos se quitaron los aretes que llevaban en las orejas y se los llevaron a Aarón.

4 Entonces Aarón tomó el oro, lo fundió y lo moldeó hasta darle la forma de un becerro. Cuando los israelitas vieron el becerro de oro, exclamaron: «¡Oh Israel, estos son los dioses que te sacaron de la tierra de Egipto!».

5 Al ver Aarón el entusiasmo del pueblo, edificó un altar frente al becerro. Luego anunció: «¡Mañana celebraremos un festival al Señor
!».