And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold.
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Gill's Exposition
Yet now, if thou will forgive their sin,.... Of thy free grace, good will, and pleasure; it will redound to thy glory, men will praise thy name on account of it; these people will have great reason to…
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
Moses returned unto the Lord - Before he went down from the mountain God had acquainted him with the general defection of the people, whereupon he immediately, without knowing the extent of their…
Moses, having executed justice upon the principal offenders, is here dealing both with the people and with God.
I. With the people, to bring them to repentance, Exo 32:30.
1. When some were slain,…
Cambridge Bible
returned viz. to the mountain.
Oh Heb. "ânnâ, a particle of entreaty: Gen 50:17 - Oh, forgive, we pray"; Isa 38:3 - Oh, Lord"; Neh 1:5 (EVV. -I beseech thee").
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