“Then the Lord said to me, ‘Arise, go down quickly from here, for your people whom you brought out of Egypt have acted corruptly; they have quickly turned aside from the way which I commanded them; they have made themselves a molded image.’

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Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

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19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Arise, get thee down. —The words recorded here and in Deuteronomy 9:13-14 are given at length in Exodus 32:7 and followin…

John Gill

John Gill

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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And the Lord said to me
The omniscient God, who knew what was doing in the camp of Israel, though Moses did not, of …

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

So that the Israelites might have no pretense to think that God brought them to Canaan for their righteousness, Moses shows what a miracle of mercy…