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Exodus 32:6 Cross-References
Explore 9 cross-references for Exodus 32:6 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Exodus chapter 32 verse 6 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.”
Exodus 32:6 (KJV)
Commentary on Exodus 32:6
The people 'rose early' (וַיַּשְׁכִּימוּ, vayyashkimu) showing enthusiasm for false worship contrasted with sluggishness toward God. They offered עֹלֹת (olot, burnt offerings) and שְׁלָמִים (shelamim, peace offerings)—legitimate sacrificial terminology applied to illegitimate worship. The phrase 'sat down to eat and drink' followed by 'rose up to play' (לְצַחֵק, letzacheq) uses a word suggesting immoral revelry (same root as Isaac's name, but here meaning carousing or sensual play), indicating the worship degenerated into drunken, possibly sexual, pagan celebration like Egyptian festivals.
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Exodus 32:6
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“as some of them were. As it is written”
“and bowed down to their gods.”
“and brought a sacrifice to the idol”
“he said to Moses”
“And they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar”
“and to rejoice; for they said”
“and rose up early in the morning”
“and all your songs into lamentation; and I will make you wear sackcloth on all your bodies”
“and they will be glad. They will give gifts to one another”