For Moses had said, Consecrate yourselves to day to the LORD, even every man upon his son, and upon his brother; that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day.
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Gill's Exposition
And it came to pass on the morrow,.... The eighteenth day of Tammuz it was, the same writers say, that Moses implored the mercy of God for Israel. Jarchi on Exo 32:11 says it was on the seventeenth…
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
For Moses had said, Consecrate yourselves - Fill your hands to the Lord. See the reason of this form of speech in the note on Exo 29:19 (note).
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
The Levites are invited to qualify themselves to receive the priesthood as a reward for their zeal.
Fill your hand to-day to Jehovah] i.e. (see on Exo 28:41), Provide yourselves with sacrifices, that…
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