And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.
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In all probability these three chapters originally formed a distinct composition. The main incidents recorded in them follow in the order of time, and are therefore in their proper place as regards…
Adam Clarke
The people sat down to eat and to drink - The burnt-offerings were wholly consumed; the peace-offerings, when the blood bad been poured out, became the food of the priests, etc. When therefore the…
While Moses was in the mount, receiving the law from God, the people had time to meditate upon what had been delivered, and prepare themselves for what was further to be revealed, and forty days was…
Cambridge Bible
burnt offerings and peace offerings Cf. on Exo 20:24.
to eat and to drink i.e. to take part in the sacred meal accompanying the peace-offering; cf. on Exo 18:12.
to play to amuse themselves, e.g. by…
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