And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they are set on mischief.
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Gill's Exposition
For they said unto me, make us gods, which shall go before us,.... Which was true, Exo 32:1 but then he should have told them, that gods were not to be made; that what were made with hands were no…
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
Thou knowest the people - He excuses himself by the wicked and seditious spirit of the people, intimating that he was obliged to accede to their desires.
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…
Cambridge Bible
Aaron first excuses himself by casting the blame upon the people: they are set on evil, and he merely (v.33) responded to their request.
my lord as Num 11:28; Num 12:11.
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