Éxodo 32:5

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

Éxodo 32:5 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 32:5

And when Aaron saw it
In what form it was, and what a figure it made, and how acceptable it was to the Israelites. The Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem paraphrase it,

``and Aaron saw Hur slain before him;''

for reproving them for their idolatry, as the Midrash ^F5, quoted by Jarchi, says: and Aaron fearing they would take away his life if he opposed them,

he built an altar before it;
that sacrifice might be offered on it to it:

and Aaron made proclamation, and said, tomorrow [is] a feast to the
Lord;
that is, he gave orders to have it published throughout the camp, there would be solemn sacrifices offered up to the Lord, as represented by this calf, and a feast thereon, which was a public invitation of them to the solemnity: though some think this was a protracting time, and putting the people off till the morrow, who would have been for offering sacrifice immediately, hoping that Moses would come down from the mount before that time, and prevent their idolatry.

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FOOTNOTES:

F5 So Pirke Eliezer, c. 45.

Éxodo 32:5 In-Context

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.

6 En efecto, al día siguiente los israelitas madrugaron y presentaron holocaustos y sacrificios de comunión. Luego el pueblo se sentó a comer y a beber, y se entregó al desenfreno.

7 Entonces el SEÑOR le dijo a Moisés:—Baja, porque ya se ha corrompido el pueblo que sacaste de Egipto.