Exodus 7:12

7:12 Each man ¹  threw down his staff, and the staffs became snakes. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up their staffs.

Exodus 32:24

32:24 So I said to them, ‘Whoever has gold, break it off.’ So they gave it ²  to me, and I threw it into the fire, and this calf came out.” ³ 

[7:12]  ¹ tn The verb is plural, but the subject is singular, “a man – his staff.” This noun can be given a distributive sense: “each man threw down his staff.”

[32:24]  ² tn Here “it” has been supplied.

[32:24]  ³ sn Aaron first tried to blame the people, and then he tried to make it sound like a miracle – was it to sound like one of the plagues where out of the furnace came life? This text does not mention it, but Deut 9:20 tells how angry God was with Aaron. Only intercession saved his life.