Exodus 32:24 BSB — MannaFest

Exodus 32:24

So I said to them, ‘Whoever has gold, let him take it off,’ and they gave it to me. And when I threw it into the fire, out came this calf!”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it off: so they gave it me; and I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

I cast it into the fire and there came out this calf - What a silly and ridiculous subterfuge! He seems to insinuate that he only threw the metal into the fire, and that the calf came unexpectedly out by mere accident.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וָאֹמַ֤ר	va.'o.Mar	and I said	H559 →
לָהֶם֙	la.Hem	to <the> them
לְמִ֣י	le.Mi	[belongs] to whom?	H4310 →
זָהָ֔ב	za.Hav	gold	H2091 →
הִתְפָּרָ֖קוּ	hit.pa.Ra.ku	tear [it] off from yourselves	H6561 →
וַיִּתְּנוּ־	vai.yi.te.nu-	and they gave [it]	H5414 →
לִ֑י	Li	to <the> me
וָאַשְׁלִכֵ֣הוּ	va.'ash.li.Khe.hu	and I threw it	H7993 →
בָאֵ֔שׁ	va.'Esh	in the fire	H784 →
וַיֵּצֵ֖א	vai.ye.Tze'	and it came out	H3318 →
הָעֵ֥גֶל	ha.'E.gel	the calf	H5695 →
הַזֶּֽה׃	ha.Zeh	<the> this	H2088 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Romans 3:10
As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one.
leads to
- Psalms 53:1–3
  The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their ways are vile. There is no one who does good.
- Psalms 14:1–3
  The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their acts are vile. There is no one who does good.
- Romans 3:23
  for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
- 1 John 1:8–10
  If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
- Job 15:14
  What is man, that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?
Through
Luke 10:29
But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
leads to
- Luke 16:15
  So He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is prized among men is detestable before God.
- Luke 18:9–11
  To some who trusted in their own righteousness and viewed others with contempt, He also told this parable:
Through
Exodus 32:4
He 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…
leads to
- Nehemiah 9:18
  Even when they cast for themselves an image of a calf and said, ‘This is your God who brought you up out of Egypt,’ and when they committed terrible blasphemies,