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Exodus 32:21

in Exodus 32

“What did this people do to you,” Moses asked Aaron, “that you have led them into so great a sin?”

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought a great sin upon them?

KJV

And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them?

This verse in Exodus 32

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

What did this people unto thee

on Exodus 32:21-22

Moses puts the question to Aaron as a matter of what the people did to him, which offers Aaron the position of a man acted upon. Aaron takes it, saying the people are set on mischief, and Adam Clarke reads the reply as an excuse rather than an account. Deuteronomy 9:20 supplies what this chapter leaves out, that the LORD was angry with Aaron enough to destroy him and that Moses prayed for Aaron also.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And Moses said unto Aaron,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

What did this people unto thee - It seems if Aaron had been firm, this evil might have been prevented.

The words behind it

14 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיֹּ֤אמֶרand he said

    vaiyomerH5595305 times

  • מֹשֶׁה֙Moses

    moshehH4872765 times

  • אֶֽל־to

    ʾel-H4135510 times

  • אַהֲרֹ֔ןAaron

    ʾaharonH175347 times

  • מֶֽה־what?

    meh-H4100752 times

  • עָשָׂ֥הdid it do

    ʾasahH62132628 times

  • לְךָ֖to <the> you

    lekha

  • הָעָ֣םthe people

    haamH59711873 times

  • הַזֶּ֑ה<the> this

    hazehH20881180 times

  • כִּֽי־that

    ki-H35884482 times

  • הֵבֵ֥אתָyou have brought

    hevetaH9352568 times

  • עָלָ֖יוon it

    ʾalavH59215755 times

  • חֲטָאָ֥הa sin

    chataahH24018 times

  • גְדֹלָֽה׃great

    gedolahH1419526 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    1 Kings 21:22

    I will make your house like that of Jeroboam son of Nebat and like that of Baasha son of Ahijah, because you have provoked My anger and caused Israel to sin.’

    it leads to

    • 1 Kings 16:3

      So now I will consume Baasha and his house, and I will make your house like that of Jeroboam son of Nebat:

    • 1 Kings 14:16

      So He will give Israel over on account of the sins Jeroboam has committed and has caused Israel to commit.”

    • 1 Kings 16:11

      As soon as Zimri began to reign and was seated on the throne, he struck down the entire household of Baasha. He did not leave a single male, whether a kinsman or friend.

  • Through

    Genesis 20:9

    Then Abimelech called Abraham and asked, “What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought such tremendous guilt upon me and my kingdom? You have done things…

    it leads to

    • Genesis 12:18

      So Pharaoh summoned Abram and asked, “What have you done to me? Why didn’t you tell me she was your wife?

    • Genesis 39:9

      No one in this house is greater than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. So how could I do such a great evil and sin…

    • Genesis 26:10

      “What is this you have done to us?” asked Abimelech. “One of the people could easily have slept with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us.”

    • 2 Samuel 13:12

      “No, my brother!” she cried. “Do not humiliate me, for such a thing should never be done in Israel. Do not do this disgraceful thing!

    • Leviticus 20:10

      If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife—with the wife of his neighbor—both the adulterer and the adulteress must surely be put to death.

Where this verse is studied

About Exodus

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.