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Exodus 32:5

in Exodus 32

When Aaron saw this, he built an altar before the calf and proclaimed: “Tomorrow shall be a feast to the LORD.”

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And when Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To-morrow shall be a feast to Jehovah.

KJV

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.

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This verse in Exodus 32

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

he built an altar before the calf

on Exodus 32:5-6

Aaron builds an altar and proclaims a feast to the LORD, so the name stands and the form changes. That change is what 20:4 had forbidden, and Paul quotes verse 6 at 1 Corinthians 10:7 as a warning to a church.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And when Aaron saw it,.... In what form it was, and what a figure it made, and how acceptable it was to the Israelites.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

To-morrow is a feast to the Lord - In Bengal the officiating Brahmin, or an appointed person proclaims, “To-morrow, or on - day of - , such a ceremony will be performed!”

The words behind it

11 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.

  • וַיַּ֣רְאand he saw

    vaiyar'H7200 →1300 times

  • אַהֲרֹ֔ןAaron

    ʾaharonH175 →347 times

  • וַיִּ֥בֶןand he built

    vaiyivenH1129 →376 times

  • מִזְבֵּ֖חַan altar

    mizbeachH4196 →401 times

  • לְפָנָ֑יו<to> before it

    lefanavH6440 →2123 times

  • וַיִּקְרָ֤אand he called

    vaiyikra'H7121 →733 times

  • אַֽהֲרֹן֙Aaron

    ʾaharonH175 →347 times

  • וַיֹּאמַ֔רand he said

    vaiyomarH559 →5305 times

  • חַ֥גa festival

    chagH2282 →62 times

  • לַיהוָ֖הof Yahweh

    layahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • מָחָֽר׃[will be] tomorrow

    macharH4279 →52 times

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

Related verses

16 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

2 Kings 10:20And Jehu commanded, “Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal.” So they announced it.4 worksLeviticus 23:37These are the LORD’s appointed feasts, which you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies for presenting offerings by fire to the LORD—burnt offerings and grain offerings, sacrifices and drink offerings, each on its designated day.3 worksLeviticus 23:2“Speak to the Israelites and say to them, ‘These are My appointed feasts, the feasts of the LORD that you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies.3 worksExodus 12:14And this day will be a memorial for you, and you are to celebrate it as a feast to the LORD, as a permanent statute for the generations to come.2 works1 Kings 12:32–33And Jeroboam ordained a feast on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, like the feast that was in Judah, and he offered sacrifices on the altar; he made this offering in Bethel to sacrifice to the calves he had set up, and he installed priests in Bethel for the high places he had set up.2 works2 Kings 16:11And Uriah the priest built the altar according to all the instructions King Ahaz had sent from Damascus, and he completed it by the time King Ahaz had returned.2 works
The other 10 cross-references, with their words ▾
Leviticus 23:21On that same day you are to proclaim a sacred assembly, and you must not do any regular work. This is to be a permanent statute wherever you live for the generations to come.2 worksExodus 32:4He took the gold from their hands, and with an engraving tool he fashioned it into a molten calf. And they said, “These, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!”2 worksHosea 8:14Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; Judah has multiplied its fortified cities. But I will send fire upon their cities, and it will consume their citadels.2 works1 Samuel 14:35Then Saul built an altar to the LORD; it was the first time he had built an altar to the LORD.2 works2 Chronicles 30:5So they established a decree to circulate a proclamation throughout Israel, from Beersheba to Dan, that the people should come to keep the Passover of the LORD, the God of Israel, in Jerusalem. For they had not observed it as a nation as prescribed.2 works1 Kings 21:9In the letters she wrote: “Proclaim a fast and give Naboth a seat of honor among the people.2 works1 Corinthians 5:8Therefore let us keep the feast, not with the old bread, leavened with malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and of truth.2 worksLeviticus 23:4These are the LORD’s appointed feasts, the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their appointed times.2 worksHosea 8:11Though Ephraim multiplied the altars for sin, they became his altars for sinning.2 worksExodus 10:9“We will go with our young and old,” Moses replied. “We will go with our sons and daughters, and with our flocks and herds, for we must hold a feast to the LORD.”1 works

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

    Leviticus 23:2

    “Speak to the Israelites and say to them, ‘These are My appointed feasts, the feasts of the LORD that you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies.

    it leads to

    • Leviticus 23:4

      These are the LORD’s appointed feasts, the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their appointed times.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Leviticus 23:37

      These are the LORD’s appointed feasts, which you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies for presenting offerings by fire to the LORD—burnt offerings and grain offerings, sacrifices and drink offerings, each on its designated…

  • Through

    Exodus 12:14

    And this day will be a memorial for you, and you are to celebrate it as a feast to the LORD, as a permanent statute for the generations to come.

    it leads to

    • 2 Kings 23:21

      The king commanded all the people, “Keep the Passover of the LORD your God, as it is written in this Book of the Covenant.”

    • Exodus 12:24

      And you are to keep this command as a permanent statute for you and your descendants.

    • Exodus 13:9–10

      It shall be a sign for you on your hand and a reminder on your forehead that the Law of the LORD is to be on your lips. For with a mighty hand the…

    • Exodus 12:17

      So you are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread, for on this very day I brought your divisions out of the land of Egypt. You must keep this day as a permanent statute…

    • 1 Corinthians 5:7–8

      Get rid of the old leaven, that you may be a new unleavened batch, as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.

  • Through

    Leviticus 23:37

    These are the LORD’s appointed feasts, which you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies for presenting offerings by fire to the LORD—burnt offerings and grain offerings, sacrifices and drink offerings, each on its designated…

    it leads to

    • Leviticus 23:2

      “Speak to the Israelites and say to them, ‘These are My appointed feasts, the feasts of the LORD that you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies.

Where this verse is studied

About Exodus

Moses Breaks the Tables of the Law — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Moses Breaks the Tables of the Law — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Exodus: the study guide →Read Exodus 32 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Calvin, Commentary on the Four Last Books of Moses Arranged in the Form of a Harmony; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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