Éxodo 32:24

24 Y yo les respondí: ¿Quién tiene oro? Apartadlo. Y diéronmelo, y echélo en el fuego, y salió este becerro.

Éxodo 32:24 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 32:24

And I said unto them, whosoever hath any gold, let them
break it off
That is, any ear rings of gold, let them loose or take them off their ears:

so they gave [it] me;
of their own accord, as if unasked by him, though he had bid them bring it to him, ( Exodus 32:2 ) :

then I cast it into the fire;
to melt it, but says nothing of the mould the melted gold was poured into:

and there came out this calf;
he speaks of it as if the gold became in the form of a calf without any design, or without using any methods to put it in this form; but that it was a matter of chance, or rather something preternatural and miraculous; he speaks of it as if it was alive, and came out of itself: and indeed the Jews represent it as done by magic art, and by the operation of Satan, and speak of it as coming out alive, bellowing and dancing; and the Targum of Jonathan is,

``and I cast it into the fire, and Satan entered into the midst of it, and out of it came the likeness of this calf.''

Aaron says not a word of his fashioning it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf; but Moses learned this elsewhere, and has recorded it. What Moses thought of this apology is not said; it could not be satisfactory to him: and it is certain the conduct of Aaron in this affair was displeasing to God; and it seemed as if he would have destroyed him, had not Moses prayed for him, ( Deuteronomy 9:20 ) .

Éxodo 32:24 In-Context

22 Y respondió Aarón: No se enoje mi señor; tú conoces el pueblo, que es inclinado á mal.

23 Porque me dijeron: Haznos dioses que vayan delante de nosotros, que á este Moisés, el varón que nos sacó de tierra de Egipto, no sabemos qué le ha acontecido.

24 Y yo les respondí: ¿Quién tiene oro? Apartadlo. Y diéronmelo, y echélo en el fuego, y salió este becerro.

25 Y viendo Moisés que el pueblo estaba despojado, porque Aarón lo había despojado para vergüenza entre sus enemigos,

26 Púsose Moisés á la puerta del real, y dijo: ¿Quién es de Jehová? júntese conmigo. Y juntáronse con él todos los hijos de Leví.