And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them?
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Gill's Exposition
And Aaron said, let not the anger of my lord wax hot,.... He addresses him in a very respectful manner, though his younger brother, being in a superior office, the chief ruler of the people, king in…
The faithfulness of Moses in the office that had been entrusted to him was now to be put to the test. It was to be made manifest whether he loved his own glory better than he loved the brethren who…
Adam Clarke
What did this people unto thee - It seems if Aaron had been firm, this evil might have been prevented.
Moses, having shown his just indignation against the sin of Israel by breaking the tables and burning the calf, now proceeds to reckon with the sinners and to call them to an account, herein acting as…
Aaron, taken to task by Moses for what has occurred, makes excuses.
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