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Text -- Exodus 32:26-35 (NET)
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32:26 So Moses stood at the entrance of the camp and said , “Whoever is for the Lord , come to me.” All the Levites gathered around him,
32:27 and he said to them, “Thus says the Lord , the God of Israel , ‘Each man fasten his sword on his side , and go back and forth from entrance to entrance throughout the camp , and each one kill his brother , his friend , and his neighbor .’”
32:28 The Levites did what Moses ordered , and that day about three thousand men of the people died .
32:29 Moses said , “You have been consecrated today for the Lord , for each of you was against his son or against his brother , so he has given a blessing to you today .”
32:30 The next day Moses said to the people , “You have committed a very serious sin , but now I will go up to the Lord – perhaps I can make atonement on behalf of your sin .”
32:31 So Moses returned to the Lord and said , “Alas , this people has committed a very serious sin , and they have made for themselves gods of gold .
32:32 But now , if you will forgive their sin …, but if not , wipe me out from your book that you have written .”
32:33 The Lord said to Moses , “Whoever has sinned against me– that person I will wipe out of my book .
32:34 So now go , lead the people to the place I have spoken to you about. See , my angel will go before you. But on the day that I punish , I will indeed punish them for their sin .”
32:35 And the Lord sent a plague on the people because they had made the calf – the one Aaron made .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Aaron |
Intercession |
EZEKIEL, 2 |
EXODUS, THE BOOK OF, 2 |
COVENANT, BOOK OF THE |
EXODUS, THE BOOK OF, 1 |
ISRAEL, RELIGION OF, 1 |
SACRIFICE, IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, 2 |
Israel |
Revelation |
Calf |
Backsliders |
Apostasy |
CALF, GOLDEN |
LEVITICUS, 2 |
Tabernacle |
Levite |
ASIA MINOR, ARCHAEOLOGY OF |
Zeal |
Prayer |
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NET Notes: Exo 32:26 S. R. Driver suggests that the command was tersely put: “Who is for Yahweh? To me!” (Exodus, 354).
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NET Notes: Exo 32:27 The phrases have “and kill a man his brother, and a man his companion, and a man his neighbor.” The instructions were probably intended to...
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NET Notes: Exo 32:29 The text simply has “and to give on you today a blessing.” Gesenius notes that the infinitive construct seems to be attached with a vav (&...
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NET Notes: Exo 32:30 The form אֲכַפְּרָה (’akhappÿrah) is a Piel cohortative/imperfect. Here with on...
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NET Notes: Exo 32:31 As before, the cognate accusative is used; it would literally be “this people has sinned a great sin.”
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NET Notes: Exo 32:32 The book that is referred to here should not be interpreted as the NT “book of life” which is portrayed (figuratively) as a register of al...
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NET Notes: Exo 32:34 The Law said that God would not clear the guilty. But here the punishment is postponed to some future date when he would revisit this matter. Others h...
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