Êxodo 32:2

2 Respondeu-lhes Arão: “Tirem os brincos de ouro de suas mulheres, de seus filhos e de suas filhas e tragam-nos a mim”.

Êxodo 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.

Êxodo 32:2 In-Context

1 O povo, ao ver que Moisés demorava a descer do monte, juntou-se ao redor de Arão e lhe disse: “Venha, faça para nós deuses que nos conduzam, pois a esse Moisés, o homem que nos tirou do Egito, não sabemos o que lhe aconteceu”.

2 Respondeu-lhes Arão: “Tirem os brincos de ouro de suas mulheres, de seus filhos e de suas filhas e tragam-nos a mim”.

3 Todos tiraram os seus brincos de ouro e os levaram a Arão.

4 Ele os recebeu e os fundiu, transformando tudo num ídolo, que modelou com uma ferramenta própria, dando-lhe a forma de um bezerro. Então disseram: “Eis aí os seus deuses, ó Israel, que tiraram vocês do Egito!”

5 Vendo isso, Arão edificou um altar diante do bezerro e anunciou: “Amanhã haverá uma festa dedicada ao SENHOR”.