King James Version
Exodus 32:5 in the King James Version says “And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to the L...” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 32 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to the LORD.”
Exodus 32:5 · KJV
And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron.
And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to the LORD.
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.
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:
KJV Study — Public Domain
“saw”
H7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
“before”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
“made proclamation”
H7121to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
“to the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“To morrow”
H4279properly, deferred, i.e., the morrow; usually (adverbially) tomorrow; indefinitely, hereafter
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