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A Divine, Not Human, Judgment
Commentators unanimously stress that this severe order was not a product of Moses' personal anger but a direct command from "the LORD God of Israel." Scholars like John Calvin and Charles Ellicott explain that the harshness of the punishment was seen as just because of the extreme gravity of the sin: public, defiant idolatry against the God who had just rescued them.
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Exodus
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Albert Barnes
On Exodus 32:7–35
18th Century
Theologian
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 revealed whether he loved his ow…
Charles Ellicott
On Exodus 32:27
19th Century
Bishop
Thus says the Lord God.— Moses felt that he was divinely commissioned to perform this act of severity. The lives of all w…
Charles Spurgeon
On Exodus 32:25–28
19th Century
Preacher
And when Moses saw that the people were naked, (for Aaron had made them naked unto their shame among their enemies) then Moses stood in the gat…
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John Calvin
On Exodus 32:27
16th Century
Theologian
Thus saith the Lord God of Israel: He commands the Levites to arm themselves with their swords to commit slaughter throughout the whole ca…
John Gill
On Exodus 32:27
17th Century
Pastor
And he says to them, thus says the Lord God of Israel ,
&c.] The following orders are given by Moses, not of himself…
Matthew Henry
On Exodus 32:21–29
17th Century
Minister
No wise man ever made a more frivolous and foolish excuse than that of Aaron. We must never be drawn into sin by anything people can say or do to u…