And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.
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Gill's Exposition
And they made a calf in those days,.... Whilst Moses was in the mount; this was done in imitation of the Egyptian idol Apis or Serapis, which was an ox or a bullock; and it was made of the golden…
Barnes' Notes
And they made a calf - This was made of the ear-rings and ornaments which they had brought from Egypt, Exo 32:2-4. Stephen introduces this to remind them how prone the nation had been to reject God,…
Stephen here proceeds in his story of Moses; and let any one judge whether these are the words of one that was a blasphemer of Moses or no; nothing could be spoken more honourably of him. Here is,
I.…
Cambridge Bible
and rejoiced It was not the voice of them that shout for the mastery, nor of them that cry for being overcome, but the noise of them that singwhich Moses (Exo 32:18) heard when he came down from the…
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