Deuteronomy 9:12
And the LORD said unto me, Arise, get thee down quickly from hence; for thy people which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have corrupted themselves; they are quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten image.
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Gill's Exposition
And the Lord said unto me,.... The omniscient God, who knew what was doing in the camp of Israel, though Moses did not, of which he informs him:
arise, get thee down quickly from hence; from the…
That they might have no pretence to think that God brought them to Canaan for their righteousness, Moses here shows them what a miracle of mercy it was that they had not long ere this been destroyed…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
Taken from E, Exo 32:7-8 a(on which see notes) with the addition of quickly from hereand the substitution of brought forth(D's favourite expression) for brought up; and the omission of calf.
corrupted…
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