Éxodo 32:2

2 Aarón les respondió:—Quítenles a sus mujeres los aretes de oro, y también a sus hijos e hijas, 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 Al ver los israelitas que Moisés tardaba en bajar del monte, fueron a reunirse con Aarón y le dijeron:—Tienes que hacernos dioses que marchen al frente de nosotros, porque a ese Moisés que nos sacó de Egipto, ¡no sabemos qué pudo haberle pasado!

2 Aarón les respondió:—Quítenles a sus mujeres los aretes de oro, y también a sus hijos e hijas, y tráiganmelos.

3 Todos los israelitas se quitaron los aretes de oro que llevaban puestos, y se los llevaron a Aarón,

4 quien los recibió y los fundió; luego cinceló el oro fundido e hizo un ídolo en forma de becerro. Entonces exclamó el pueblo: «Israel, ¡aquí tienes a tus dioses que te sacaron de Egipto!»

5 Cuando Aarón vio esto, construyó un altar enfrente del becerro y anunció:—Mañana haremos fiesta en honor del SEÑOR.