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A Targeted Judgment
Commentators clarify that this was not an indiscriminate massacre. An offer was first made for people to declare their loyalty to God. Scholars suggest that those slain were the unrepentant ringleaders and those who openly persisted in their idolatry after Moses' return, making this a specific, judicial act rather than a random slaughter.
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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 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…
John Gill
On Exodus 32:28
17th Century
Pastor
And the children of Levi did according to the word of
Moses
They girded their swords …
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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…