Exodus 32:35

35 And the LORD struck the people with a plague because of what they did with the calf Aaron had made.

Exodus 32:35 in Other Translations

35 And the LORD plagued the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made.

35 Then the LORD sent a plague on the people, because they made the calf, the one that Aaron made.

35 Then the LORD sent a great plague upon the people because they had worshiped the calf Aaron had made.

35 God sent a plague on the people because of the calf they and Aaron had made.

35 And Jehovah smote the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made.

35 So the LORD killed people because they had Aaron make the calf.

35 And the Lord inflicted a plague on the people for what they did with the calf Aaron had made.

35 The LORD struck the people with a plague. That's because of what they did with the calf Aaron had made.

Exodus 32:35 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 32:35

And the Lord plagued the people
That is, continued so to do at certain times, with the pestilence, or other calamities; for this seems not to refer, as some think, to the slaughter of the 3000 men: the reason follows,

because they made the calf which Aaron made;
that is, they provided him with materials to make it; they urged and solicited him to do it, and would not be easy without it, so that the making of it is ascribed to them; or they served it, as Onkelos; or bowed unto it, as Jonathan; with which agree the Syriac, Arabic, and Samaritan versions, which render it, they served, or worshipped, or sacrificed to the calf which Aaron made.

Exodus 32:35 In-Context

33 The LORD replied to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against me I will blot out of my book.

34 Now go, lead the people to the place I spoke of, and my angel will go before you. However, when the time comes for me to punish, I will punish them for their sin.”

35 And the LORD struck the people with a plague because of what they did with the calf Aaron had made.

Cross References

• 1. S ver 4