Exodus 32
Comments |
We need to understand that Egypt means the place of bondage. |
And Moses had the right to rule over the people like the Pharaoh but chose to give them the power of choice through a different form of self government. |
In verse 6 we see what is called a "burnt offerings"[1], and a "peace offerings"[2] |
When "the people sat"[3] they were choosing to "dwell, remain, sit, abide" differently than Moses had shown them. |
They were choosing "to eat" or rather to "to eat, devour, burn up, feed"[4] that which would be served them on a table that was a "snare". Even "to drink"[5] is associated with a definition that means "of drinking cup of God’s wrath, of slaughter, of wicked deeds " |
When they "rose up to play"[6] the verse is suggesting that their deeds "mocked" Moses and his God. |
They were setting up covetous practices, a common purse, the Corban of the Pharisees and returning to Egypt as the Nicolaitans as all socialist states. |
V27 It said "and slay[7] every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour." and in V28 we see they "fell"[8]. The word slay is normally harag (הָרַג) but in the text we see wəhirḡū (וְהִרְג֧וּ) VavHeyReishGimelVav which only appear in this one verse and can be translated as literally "and let kill" or and "let them be ruined". |
We also see a unique statement. "go in and out from entrance to entrance throughout the camp and let kill every man" (עברו ושובו משער לשער במחנה והרגו) where the word we see translated "and out" is shuwb(שׁוּב)[9] which means to "turn back, return" but in the text is seen as wāšūḇū(וָשׁ֜וּבוּ) which only appears in this one verse and would seem to mean "and turn back from" the entrance so they could not come "in the camp".<Trf>The use of the word |
Consecrate yourselves to day to the LORD, even every man upon his son, and upon his brother; that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day. |
Questions |
What way were they going? Think about their motivation to create this statute of Gold and how did it corrupt the people? |
What does it mean to be naked and how did Aaron make them naked? |
"Freedom is the Right to Choose, the Right to create for oneself the alternatives of Choice. Without the possibility of Choice, and the exercise of Choice, a man is not a man but a member, an instrument, a thing.” Archibald MacLeish |
Exodus 32
The Golden Calf
1 And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for [as for] this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot[10] not what is become of him.
2 And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me.
3 And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron.
4 And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
5 And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to the LORD.
6 And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat[3] down to eat[4] and to drink[5], and rose up to play.[6]
7 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted[11] themselves:
8 They have turned aside quickly out of the way[12] which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
9 And the LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:
10 Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.
11 And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand?
12 Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people.
13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever.
14 And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.
- 15 ¶ And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony were in his hand: the tables were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written.
16 And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables. 17 And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp.[13] 18 And he said, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome: but the noise of them that sing do I hear.
19 And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses’ anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.
20 And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strawed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it.
- 21 ¶ And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them?
22 And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they are set on mischief.
23 For they said unto me, Make us gods, which shall go before us: for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.
24 And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it off. So they gave it me: then I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf.
25 And when Moses saw that the people were naked; (for Aaron had made them naked unto their shame among their enemies:)
Moses calls out the faithful
26 Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the LORD’S side? let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him.
27 And he said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour.
28 And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell[8] of the people that day about three thousand men.
29 For Moses had said, Consecrate yourselves to day to the LORD, even every man upon his son, and upon his brother; that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day.
- 30 ¶ And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people, Ye have sinned a great sin: and now I will go up unto the LORD; peradventure I shall make an atonement for your sin.
31 And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold.
32 Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin — ; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.
33 And the LORD said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book.
34 Therefore now go, lead the people unto the place of which I have spoken unto thee: behold, mine Angel shall go before thee: nevertheless in the day when I visit I will visit their sin upon them.
35 And the LORD plagued the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made.
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Footnotes
- ↑ 05930 (הלע) `olah \@o-law'\@ or ^hlwe^ `owlah \@o-law'\@ fact part of 05927 "to go up, ascend, climb"; n f; {See TWOT on 1624 @@ "1624c"} {See TWOT on 1624 @@ "1624d"} AV-burnt offering 264, burnt sacrifice 21, ascent 1, go up 1; 289
- 1) whole burnt offering
- 2) ascent, stairway, steps
- ↑ 08002 ^םלשׁ^ shelem \@sheh’- lem\@ from 07999 שָׁלַם shalam to be in a covenant of peace; n m; AV-peace offerings 81, peace 6; 87
- 1) peace offering, requital, sacrifice for alliance or friendship
- 1a) voluntary sacrifice of thanks
- 07999 שָׁלַם shalam make peace; 08000 שְׁלַם shëlam finish; 08001 שְׁלָם shëlam welfare, (from 07965 שָׁלוֹם shalowm welfare, safe, health); 08002 שֶׁלֶם shelem peace offering; 08003 שָׁלֵם shalem complete, safe, peaceful, perfect, whole; 08004 שָׁלֵם Shalem Melchizedek's polis; 08005 שִׁלֵּם shillem recompense; 08006 שִׁלֵּם Shillem repaid; 08008 שַׂלְמָה salmah garment and 08010 שְׁלמֹה Shëlomoh which is the name of Solomon, from 07965 שָׁלוֹם shalowm translated peace 175, well 14, peaceably 9, welfare 5,
- 1) peace offering, requital, sacrifice for alliance or friendship
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 03427 ^בשׁי^ yashab \@yaw-shab’\@ a primitive root YodShinBeit; contains the word 03426 יֵשׁ exisiting, be, have; v; AV-dwell 437, inhabitant 221, sit 172, abide 70, inhabit 39, down 26, remain 23, in 22, tarry 19, set 14, continue 5, place 7, still 5, taken 5, misc 23; 1088
- 1) to dwell, remain, sit, abide
- 1a) (Qal)
- 1a1) to sit, sit down
- 1a2) to be set
- 1a3) to remain, stay
- 1a4) to dwell, have one’s abode
- 1b) (Niphal) to be inhabited
- 1c) (Piel) to set, place
- 1d) (Hiphil)
- 1d1) to cause to sit
- 1d2) to cause to abide, set
- 1d3) to cause to dwell
- 1d4) to cause (cities) to be inhabited
- 1d5) to marry (give a dwelling to)
- 1e) (Hophal)
- 1e1) to be inhabited
- 1e2) to make to dwell
- 1a) (Qal)
- 1) to dwell, remain, sit, abide
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 0398 ^לכא^ ‘akal \@aw-Kal’\@ a primitive root AlefKafLamed; v; {See TWOT on 85} AV-eat 604, devour 111, consume 32, misc 55; 810
- 1) to eat, devour, burn up, feed
- 1a) (Qal)
- 1a1) to eat (human subject)
- 1a2) to eat, devour (of beasts and birds)
- 1a3) to devour, consume (of fire)
- 1a4) to devour, slay (of sword)
- 1a5) to devour, consume, destroy (inanimate subjects i.e., pestilence, drought)
- 1a6) to devour (of oppression)
- 1b) (Niphal)
- 1b1) to be eaten (by men)
- 1b2) to be devoured, consumed (of fire)
- 1b3) to be wasted, destroyed (of flesh)
- 1c) (Pual)
- 1c1) to cause to eat, feed with
- 1c2) to cause to devour
- 1d) (Hiphil)
- 1d1) to feed
- 1d2) to cause to eat
- 1e) (Piel)
- 1e1) consume
- 1a) (Qal)
- 1) to eat, devour, burn up, feed
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 08354 שָׁתָה shathah [shaw-thaw’] a primitive root; v; [BDB-1059a] [{See TWOT on 2477 }] AV-drink 208, drinkers 1, drunkards 1, banquet 1, misc 6; 217
- 1) to drink
- 1a) (Qal)
- 1a1) to drink
- 1a1a) of drinking cup of God’s wrath, of slaughter, of wicked deeds (fig)
- 1a2) to feast
- 1a1) to drink
- 1b) (Niphal) to be drunk
- 1a) (Qal)
- ש Shin Eternal Flame of Spiritual Revelation, bound to the coal of righteousness, the Divine Essence. [sun... teeth... consume destroy] (Numeric value: 300)
- ת Tav is a Seal of a Higher kingdom or realm through faith. The paradigm keter–malchut “The Crown of Sovereignty” from the Tree of Life spiritually linking worlds or realms through an unseen doorway of faith. The Aleph & Tav are the first and last letters. [door sign cross seal] (Numeric value: 400)
- ה Hey Expression--Thought, Speech, Action. Manifest seeds of thought and life. [Emphasize, jubilation, window, fence] (Numeric value: 5)
- 1) to drink
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 06711 צְחַק tsachaq [tsaw-khak’] a primitive root letters are Tzadik Chet Kuf or Kof ; v; [BDB-850a] [{See TWOT on 1905 }] AV-laugh 6, mock 4, sport 2, play 1; 13
- 1) to laugh, mock, play
- 1a) (Qal) to laugh
- 1b) (Piel)
- 1b1) to jest
- 1b2) to sport, play, make sport, toy with, make a toy of
- צ ץ Tzadik is always related to The Faith of the Righteous One, the foundation of the word "to hunt" or Harvest even eat or desire. [Harvest, pant, desire] (Numeric value: 90)
- ח Chet The Life Force - Dynamic nature of - cause and effect - give life and live.[fence, thread, hedge, chamber...cycle] (Numeric value: 8)
- ק Kuf or Kof Omnipresence - Redemption of Fallen Sparks The paradoxical union Reish and a Zayin holiness or separateness omnipresence of God [Cord and needle 𐤒 ... back of head neck... the last or least] (Numeric value: 100)
- 1) to laugh, mock, play
- ↑ 02026 הָרַג harag [haw-rag’] a primitive root HeyReishGimel; v; [BDB-246b] [{See TWOT on 514 }] AV-slay 100, kill 24, kill … 3, murderer 2, destroyed 1, murder 1, out of hand 1, made 1, put 1, slain 31, slayer 1, surely 1; 167
- 1) to kill, slay, murder, destroy, murderer, slayer, out of hand
- 1a) (Qal)
- 1a1) to kill, slay
- 1a2) to destroy, ruin
- 1b) (Niphal) to be killed
- 1c) (Pual) to be killed, be slain
- 1a) (Qal)
- ה Hey Expression--Thought, Speech, Action. Manifest seeds of thought and life. [Emphasize, jubilation, window, fence] (Numeric value: 5)
- ר Reish Process of Clarification The "head" or "beginning". Life's revelation. [Head... Person head highest] (Numeric value: 200)
- ג Gimel Reward and Punish, Cause and effect, 'justified repayment'. Do to others as they should do. Written like a Vav with a Yod as a "foot". Camel, [throwstick, pride, to lift up] (Numeric value: 3)
- Root words often include other letters which can alter their meaning. The letter Vav appears in the beginning of numerous times which may suggest that someone is separated as if dead rather than slay as in massacre (See stoning).
- 1) to kill, slay, murder, destroy, murderer, slayer, out of hand
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 05307 ^לפנ^ naphal \@naw-fal’\@ a primitive root; v; {See TWOT on 1392} AV-fail 318, fall down 25, cast 18, cast down 9, fall away 5, divide 5, overthrow 5, present 5, lay 3, rot 3, accepted 2, lie down 2, inferior 2, lighted 2, lost 2, misc 22; 434
- 1) to fall, lie, be cast down, fail
- 1a) (Qal)
- 1a1) to fall
- 1a2) to fall (of violent death)
- 1a3) to fall prostrate, prostrate oneself before
- 1a4) to fall upon, attack, desert, fall away to, go away to, fall into the hand of
- 1a5) to fall short, fail, fall out, turn out, result
- 1a6) to settle, waste away, be offered, be inferior to
- 1a7) to lie, lie prostrate
- 1b) (Hiphil)
- 1b1) to cause to fall, fell, throw down, knock out, lay prostrate
- 1b2) to overthrow
- 1b3) to make the lot fall, assign by lot, apportion by lot
- 1b4) to let drop, cause to fail (fig.)
- 1b5) to cause to fall
- 1c) (Hithpael)
- 1c1) to throw or prostrate oneself, throw oneself upon
- 1c2) to lie prostrate, prostrate oneself
- 1d) (Pilel) to fall
- 1a) (Qal)
- 1) to fall, lie, be cast down, fail
- ↑ 07725 שׁוּב shuwb [shoob] a primitive root; v; [BDB-996b] [{See TWOT on 2340 }] AV-return 391, … again 248, turn 123, … back 65, … away 56, restore 39, bring 34, render 19, answer 18, recompense 8, recover 6, deliver 5, put 5, withdraw 5, requite 4, misc 40; 1066
- 1) to return, turn back
- 1a) (Qal)
- 1a1) to turn back, return
- 1a1a) to turn back
- 1a1b) to return, come or go back
- 1a1c) to return unto, go back, come back
- 1a1d) of dying
- 1a1e) of human relations (fig)
- 1a1f) of spiritual relations (fig)
- 1a1f1) to turn back (from God), apostatise
- 1a1f2) to turn away (of God)
- 1a1f3) to turn back (to God), repent
- 1a1f4) turn back (from evil)
- 1a1g) of inanimate things
- 1a1h) in repetition
- 1a1) to turn back, return
- 1b) (Polel)
- 1b1) to bring back
- 1b2) to restore, refresh, repair (fig)
- 1b3) to lead away (enticingly)
- 1b4) to show turning, apostatise
- 1c) (Pual) restored (participle)
- 1d) (Hiphil) to cause to return, bring back
- 1d1) to bring back, allow to return, put back, draw back, give back, restore, relinquish, give in payment
- 1d2) to bring back, refresh, restore
- 1d3) to bring back, report to, answer
- 1d4) to bring back, make requital, pay (as recompense)
- 1d5) to turn back or backward, repel, defeat, repulse, hinder, reject, refuse
- 1d6) to turn away (face), turn toward
- 1d7) to turn against
- 1d8) to bring back to mind
- 1d9) to show a turning away 1d10) to reverse, revoke
- 1e) (Hophal) to be returned, be restored, be brought back
- 1f) (Pulal) brought back
- 1a) (Qal)
- 1) to return, turn back
- ↑ 03045 ^עדי^ yada‘ \@yaw-dah’\@ a primitive root; v; {See TWOT on 848} AV-know 645, known 105, knowledge 19, perceive 18, shew 17, tell 8, wist 7, understand 7, certainly 7, acknowledge 6, acquaintance 6, consider 6, declare 6, teach 5, misc 85; 947
- 1) to know
- 1a) (Qal)
- 1a1) to know
- 1a1a) to know, learn to know
- 1a1b) to perceive
- 1a1c) to perceive and see, find out and discern
- 1a1d) to discriminate, distinguish
- 1a1e) to know by experience
- 1a1f) to recognise, admit, acknowledge, confess
- 1a1g) to consider
- 1a2) to know, be acquainted with
- 1a3) to know (a person carnally)
- 1a4) to know how, be skilful in
- 1a5) to have knowledge, be wise
- 1a1) to know
- 1b) (Niphal)
- 1b1) to be made known, be or become known, be revealed
- 1b2) to make oneself known
- 1b3) to be perceived
- 1b4) to be instructed
- 1c) (Piel) to cause to know
- 1d) (Poal) to cause to know
- 1e) (Pual)
- 1e1) to be known
- 1e2) known, one known, acquaintance (participle)
- 1f) (Hiphil) to make known, declare
- 1g) (Hophal) to be made known
- 1h) (Hithpael) to make oneself known, reveal oneself
- 1a) (Qal)
- 1) to know
- ↑ 07843 ^תחשׁ^ shachath \@shaw-khath’\@ a primitive root;ShinChetTav with the addition of other letters a word meaning will change v; {See TWOT on 2370} AV-destroy 96, corrupt 22, mar 7, destroyer 3, corrupters 2, waster 2, spoilers 2, battered 1, corruptly 1, misc 11; 147
- 1) to destroy, corrupt, go to ruin, decay
- 1a) (Niphal) to be marred, be spoiled, be corrupted, be corrupt, be injured, be ruined, be rotted
- 1b) (Piel)
- 1b1) to spoil, ruin
- 1b2) to pervert, corrupt, deal corruptly (morally)
- 1c) (Hiphil)
- 1c1) to spoil, ruin, destroy
- 1c2) to pervert, corrupt (morally)
- 1c3) destroyer (participle)
- 1d) (Hophal) spoiled, ruined (participle)
- ש Shin Eternal Flame of Spiritual Revelation, bound to the coal of righteousness, the Divine Essence. [sun... teeth... consume destroy] (Numeric value: 300)
- ח Chet The Life Force - Dynamic nature of - cause and effect - give life and live.[fence, thread, hedge, chamber...cycle] (Numeric value: 8)
- ת Tav is a Seal of a Higher kingdom or realm through faith. The paradigm keter–malchut “The Crown of Sovereignty” from the Tree of Life spiritually linking worlds or realms through an unseen doorway of faith. The Aleph & Tav are the first and last letters. [door sign cross seal] (Numeric value: 400)
- 1) to destroy, corrupt, go to ruin, decay
- ↑ What way were they going? Think about their motivation to create this statute of Gold and how did it corrupt the people?
- ↑ 04264 ^הנחמ^ machaneh \@makh-an-eh’\@ from 02583; n m; {See TWOT on 690 @@ "690c"} AV-camp 136, host 61, company 6, tents 5, armies 4, bands 2, battle 1, drove 1; 216
- 1) encampment, camp
- 1a) camp, place of encampment
- 1) encampment, camp
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