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Exodus 32:1 Cross-References
Explore 20 cross-references for Exodus 32:1 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Exodus chapter 32 verse 1 to related passages throughout the Bible.
The Golden Calf
“And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.”
Exodus 32:1 (KJV)
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Commentary on Exodus 32:1
The Hebrew בֹּשֵׁשׁ (boshesh, delayed) suggests Moses tarried beyond expectation. The people's demand לֵאלֹהִים (le'elohim, for gods) uses the plural form, revealing their desire for visible deity rather than the invisible God. Their dismissive reference to 'this Moses' shows how quickly they rejected God's appointed mediator. This apostasy occurred while God was giving the very law prohibiting idolatry, demonstrating human depravity's depth even among covenant people who had witnessed miraculous deliverance.
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Exodus 32:1
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“'Make us gods that will go before us”
“even the tables of the covenant which Yahweh made with you”
“'My lord is delaying his coming”
“Where is the promise of his coming? For, from the day that the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.”
“and went up on the mountain; and Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.”
“that Yahweh gave me the two tables of stone”
“we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold”
“Because there were no graves in Egypt, have you taken us away to die in the wilderness? Why have you treated us this way, to bring us forth out of Egypt?,And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt?, וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֶל־מֹשֶׁה הַמִבְּלִי אֵין־קְבָרִים בְּמִצְרַיִם לְקַחְתָּנוּ לָמוּת בַּמִּדְבָּר מַה־זֹּאת עָשִׂיתָ לָּנוּ לְהוֹצִיאָנוּ מִמִּצְרָיִם׃ ,And they said unto Moses: Because there were no graves in Egypt”
“Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the LORD spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire:”
“to lead them on their way”