David Guzik commentary on Exodus 32, where the Israelites sin against God by making a golden calf as an object of their worship and adoration.

It is a very lamentable interruption which the story of this chapter gives to the record of the establishment of the church, and of religion among the Jews.

God is enraged and tells Moses to get down there on the double (32:7) because “your people” (that is, Moses' people) have acted perversely.

The Israelites were apparently tired of their long delay at Sinai, and were anxious to proceed upon their journey. They wanted a visible god at their head.

Moses pleads God's glory. The glorifying God's name, as it ought to be our first petition, and it is so in the Lord's prayer, so it ought to be our great plea.

30 нояб. 2023 г. · Exodus 32 describes how the Israelites allowed their sinful desires to blur their spiritual vision. They wanted to be like their pagan neighbors ...

4 янв. 2022 г. · The story of the golden calf is found in Exodus 32:1–6. The children of Israel had been in bondage in Egypt for over two hundred years.

The people of Israel doubted your power and turned to other gods to fulfill their needs. We too, turn to other gods, seeking acceptance, power, and independence ...

These six verses provide a record of Israel's first significant failure after agreeing to enter a covenant with the LORD (Exodus 24:3).

This giddy multitude were weary of waiting for the return of Moses. Weariness in waiting betrays to many temptations.