Éxodo 32:3

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

Éxodo 32:3 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 32:3

And all the people brake off the golden earrings, which
were in their ears
The men took off their earrings, and persuaded their wives and children, or obliged them to part with theirs; though the Targum of Jonathan says the women refused to give their ornaments to their husbands, therefore all the people immediately broke off all the golden ornaments which were in their ears {x}, so intent were they upon idolatry. This is to be understood not of every individual, but of the greatest part of the people; so apostle explains it of some of them, ( 1 Corinthians 10:7 ) . Idolaters spare no cost nor pains to support their worship, and will strip themselves, their wives, and children, of their ornaments, to deck their idols; which may shame the worshippers of the true God, who are oftentimes too backward to contribute towards the maintenance of his worship and service:

and brought [them] unto Aaron:
presently, the selfsame day; they soon forgot the commands enjoined them to have no other gods, save one, and to make no graven image to bow down to it, and their own words, ( Exodus 24:7 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F24 So Pirke Eliezer, c. 45.

Éxodo 32:3 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
!».