They have turned away quickly out of the way which I commanded them. They have made themselves a molded calf, and have worshiped it, and have sacrificed to it, and said, ‘These are your gods, Israel, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt.’ ”
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They have turned away quickly out of the way which I commanded them. They have made themselves a molded calf, and have worshiped it, and have sacrificed to it, and said, ‘These are your gods, Israel, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt.’ ”
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They have turned aside quickly out of the way 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.
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they have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed unto it, and said: This is thy god, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.'
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Passages linked to Exodus 32:8 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Exodus 20:3-4 “You shall have no other gods before me. “You shall not make for yourselves an idol, nor any image of anything that is in the heavens above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
- Exodus 20:23 You shall most certainly not make gods of silver or gods of gold for yourselves to be alongside me.
- 1 Kings 12:28 So the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold; and he said to them, “It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. Look and behold your gods, Israel, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt!”
- Deuteronomy 9:16 I looked, and behold, you had sinned against Yahweh your God. You had made yourselves a molded calf. You had quickly turned away from the way which Yahweh had commanded you.
- Exodus 22:20 “He who sacrifices to any god, except to Yahweh only, shall be utterly destroyed.
- Judges 2:17 Yet they didn’t listen to their judges; for they prostituted themselves to other gods, and bowed themselves down to them. They quickly turned away from the way in which their fathers walked, obeying Yahweh’s commandments. They didn’t do so.
- Exodus 32:4 He received what they handed him, fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made it a molded calf. Then they said, “These are your gods, Israel, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt.”
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Whereby we see what necessity we have to pray…
Whereby we see what necessity we have to pray earnestly to God, to keep us in his true obedience, and to send us good guides.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Exo 32:8 They have turned aside quickly out of…
Exo 32:8 They have turned aside quickly out of the way 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.
Ver. 8. They have turned aside quickly.] Moses’s back was but newly turned, as it were. "I marvel that you are so soon removed," &c. {Gal 1:6} {See Trapp on "Gal 1:6"} When we have spent all our wind on our people, their hearts will be still apt to be "carried away with every wind of doctrine," - in our absence especially.
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“Mures, fele absente, choreas ducunt.” - Suidas.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain They have turned aside quickly out of the way…
They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them,.... The Targum of Jonathan adds, by way of explanation,"on Sinai, saying, ye shall not make to yourselves an image, or figure, or any similitude.''This was the command God had given to them; this the way he had directed them to walk in; from this they turned aside, by making the golden calf as an image or representation of God; and this they had done very quickly, since it was but about six weeks ago that this command was given; wherefore if Moses had delayed coming down from the mount, they had made haste to commit iniquity; and, perhaps, this observation is made of their quick defection, in opposition to their complaint of Moses's long absence:
they have made them a molten calf; for though it was made by Aaron, or by his direction to the founder or goldsmith, yet it was at their request and earnest solicitation; they would not be easy without it:
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and have worshipped it; by bowing the knee to it, kissing it or their hands at the approach of it, see Hos 13:2.
and have sacrificed thereunto burnt offerings and peace offerings:
and said, these be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt; the very words they used, Exo 32:4 and which were taken particular notice of by the Lord with resentment.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain They have turned aside quickly - Quickly after the…
They have turned aside quickly - Quickly after the law was given them, and they had promised to obey it; quickly after God had done such great things for them, and declared his kind intentions to do greater.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Exo 32:8. They have turned aside quickly — Quickly…
Exo 32:8. They have turned aside quickly — Quickly after the law was given them, and they had promised to obey it; quickly after God had done such great things for them, and declared his kind intentions to do greater.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 8. the way, &c.] See Exo_20:4; Exo_20:23.
8. the way, &c.] See Exo_20:4; Exo_20:23.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (8) These be thy gods.—Rather, This is thy god,…
(8) These be thy gods.—Rather, This is thy god, as in Exo_32:4.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain They have turned aside quickly. A few weeks have…
They have turned aside quickly. A few weeks have sufficed to make them forget their solemn pledges, (Exo_19:8 Exo_24:3) and fly in the face of a plain unmistakable commandment. A molten calf. In the contemptuous language of Holy Scripture when speaking of idols, such an emblematic figure as the Babylonion man-bull would be a mere "calf." That the figure made by Aaron is called always "a molten calf literally, "a calf of fusion disposes of the theory of Keil, that it was of carved wood covered with gold plates hammered on to it. These be thy gods, which have brought thee. Rather, "This is thy god, which has brought thee." The plural must be regarded as merely one of dignity.
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