Exodus 32:25
in Exodus 32Moses saw that the people were out of control, for Aaron had let them run wild and become a laughingstock to their enemies.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And when Moses saw that the people were broken loose, (for Aaron had let them loose for a derision among their enemies,)
KJV
And when Moses saw that the people were naked; (for Aaron had made them naked unto their shame among their enemies:)
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This verse in Exodus 32
Commentary
4 notes on this verseMoses saw that the people were naked - They were stripped, says the Targum, of the holy crown that was upon their heads, on which the great and precious name Jehovah was engraved. But it is more likely that the word פרע parua implies that they were reduced to the most helpless and wretched state, being abandoned by God in the midst of their enemies. This is exactly similar to that expression, 2Ch 28:19: For the Lord brought Judah low, because of Ahaz king of Israel: for he made Judah Naked, הפריע hiphria, and transgressed sore against the Lord.
This site's exposition
Moses saw that the people were naked
on Exodus 32:25-26
The word rendered naked carries the sense of loosed or broken away, and Adam Clarke points to the same verb at 2 Chronicles 28:19 for Judah made naked under Ahaz. Moses stands in the gate and asks who is on the LORD's side, which requires every man in a camp of thousands to walk somewhere and be counted. The sons of Levi gather to him, and Genesis 49:5 through 7 had cursed the sword of Levi and scattered the tribe in Israel.
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The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And when Moses saw that the people were naked,....
Whenever it should be case in their teeth that they had made a calf in Horeb, they might have this to say, in answer to those that reproached them, that though it was true there were those that did so, yet justice was executed upon them. The government disallowed the sin, and suffered not the sinners to go unpunished.
The words behind it
12 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּ֤רְא | vaiyar' | and he saw | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| מֹשֶׁה֙ | mosheh | Moses | H4872 → | 765 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הָעָ֔ם | haam | the people | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| כִּ֥י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| פָרֻ֖עַ | farua' | [was] running wild | H6544 → | 16 times |
| ה֑וּא | hu' | it | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| פְרָעֹ֣ה | feraoh | had let [it] run wild he | H6544 → | 16 times |
| אַהֲרֹ֔ן | ʾaharon | Aaron | H175 → | 347 times |
| לְשִׁמְצָ֖ה | leshimtzah | for derision | H8103 → | |
| בְּקָמֵיהֶֽם׃ | bekameihem | among [those who] rise against them | H6965 → | 628 times |
וַיַּ֤רְאand he saw
vaiyar'H7200 →1300 times
מֹשֶׁה֙Moses
moshehH4872 →765 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הָעָ֔םthe people
haamH5971 →1873 times
כִּ֥יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
פָרֻ֖עַ[was] running wild
farua'H6544 →16 times
ה֑וּאit
hu'H1931 →1879 times
כִּֽי־for
ki-H3588 →4482 times
פְרָעֹ֣הhad let [it] run wild he
feraohH6544 →16 times
אַהֲרֹ֔ןAaron
ʾaharonH175 →347 times
לְשִׁמְצָ֖הfor derision
leshimtzahH8103 →
בְּקָמֵיהֶֽם׃among [those who] rise against them
bekameihemH6965 →628 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
Daniel 12:2And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.
it leads to
- John 5:28–29
Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice
- Isaiah 26:19
Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is like the dew of the morning, and the earth will bring forth her…
- Matthew 25:46
And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
- Ezekiel 37:12
Therefore prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘O My people, I will open your graves and bring you up from them, and I will bring you back to…
- John 5:28–29
Through
Revelation 16:15“Behold, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the one who remains awake and clothed, so that he will not go naked and let his shame be exposed.”
it leads to
- 1 Thessalonians 5:2–3
For you are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
- Matthew 24:42–43
Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day on which your Lord will come.
- Revelation 3:18
I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, white garments so that you may be clothed and your shameful nakedness not exposed, and salve to…
- 2 Peter 3:10
But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and its works will be laid…
- 1 Thessalonians 5:2–3
Where this verse is studied
About Exodus
Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
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.