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"Your People," Not Mine
Multiple commentators (Spurgeon, Ellicott, Gill) highlight God's striking language. By calling Israel "your people," God distances Himself from them in His righteous anger. They had broken the covenant, and in that moment of wrath, He presents them as Moses's responsibility, not His own. This verbal shift underscores the severity of their sin and the broken fellowship.
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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 32:7
19th Century
Bishop
GOD’S OFFER TO MOSES.
The Lord said to Moses, Go, get thee down. — Moses was, of course, wholly i…
Charles Spurgeon
On Exodus 32:7
19th Century
Preacher
And the LORD said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves:
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John Calvin
On Exodus 32:7
16th Century
Theologian
And the Lord said unto Moses, Go, get thee down. This was a violent temptation intended to shake the faith of Moses. He thought that his o…
John Gill
On Exodus 32:7
17th Century
Pastor
And the Lord said to Moses, go, get you down
In (Deuteronomy 9:12) it is added, "quickly", and so the Se…
Matthew Henry
On Exodus 32:7–14
17th Century
Minister
God says to Moses that the Israelites had corrupted themselves. Sin is the corruption of the sinner, and it is a self-corruption; every man is …