Éxodo 32:22

22 —No te disgustes tanto, mi señor —contestó Aarón—. Tú sabes bien qué mala es esta gente.

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 Tomó el becerro que habían hecho y lo quemó. Luego lo molió hasta hacerlo polvo, lo arrojó al agua y obligó a los israelitas a que la bebieran.

21 Por último, se dirigió a Aarón y le preguntó:
—¿Qué te hizo este pueblo para que lo llevaras a caer en un pecado tan grande?

22 —No te disgustes tanto, mi señor —contestó Aarón—. Tú sabes bien qué mala es esta gente.

23 Ellos me dijeron: “Haznos dioses que puedan guiarnos. No sabemos qué le sucedió a ese tipo, Moisés, el que nos trajo aquí desde la tierra de Egipto”.

24 Así que yo les dije: “Los que tengan joyas de oro, que se las quiten”. Cuando me las trajeron, no hice más que echarlas al fuego, ¡y salió este becerro!