l ltcl. He defirc?yetll EXODUS X X X I I. the Calk, ,9'\ tinging, doe I heare. And it was when hee came nigh unto the campe , then he faw the calfe and the dances : and Mofes anger wax- ed hoc , and hee café the Tables out of his hands ; and brake them, beneath the mount. 20 And bee tooke the calfe, which they had made,and burnt it in the fire; and ground it, tit it was fmall : and (hewed it upon the face of the water; and made the brines of Ifraeh 25 drinke of it. And Mofes laid unto Aaron, what did this people unto thee that thou haft brought upon them , fo great a finne c 22 AndAaron laid, Let not the anger of my Lord ware hot : thou knoweft the peoples 23 that they are fet on evill. And they faid unto me ; Make gods for us, which may goe be- fore us, becaufe this Mofes, the man which brought ús up out of the land of Egypt, wee know not what is become of him. And I faid unto them, Who fbever hath any gold,break ye It off;and they gave it me: and I cafe it in- to the ,fire;and there came-out this calf. And Motes faw thepeòple,that they were naked: forAaron had made them naked, unto their fhame, amongft thofe that role up againft 26 them. And Moles flood in the gate of the campe; and faid, Who is for Jehovah? (let him come) unto me: and all the Cons of Le- 27 vi, gathered themfelves untohim. And bee faid unto them;Thus faith Jehovah,the God of Ifrael , Put yeevery man his fword upon his thigh : Paffe ye, and return ye from gate to gate, in the campe , and kill ye enery man his brother,and every man his fellow friend, 28 and everyman his neighbour. And the foils of Levi did,according to the wo d of Motes: and there fell of the people in that day, a- 9 bout three thoufand men. And Mofesfaid, Fill ye your hand to day unto Jehovah,even every man in his fonne, and in his brother : that he may give upon you , this day a bief_ 30 fing. And it was on the morrow that Mofes faid unto the people,you have finned a great finne : and now I will goe-up onto Jehovah; peradventure, I (hall make- atonement for 35 your fin .AndMofes returned unto Jehovah, andfaid; Oh,this people hath finned a great. fin, and they have made them gods of gold. 32 And now,if thou wilt forgive their fin,and if not, wipe me,I pray thee,out of thy Booke, 33 which thou haft written. And Jehovah faid unto Motes,W hofoever Gnneth againft me, 34 I will wipe him out of my Book. And now, goe, leade the people unto (the place) that I have fpokep to thee, beholdmy Angel (hall goe before thee : and in the day when I vifir, 24 25 then will I vifit their fin upon them. And Je- 35 hovah plagued the people: for that they made the calfe, which Aaronmade. innotations. DDEl aged] The firlkfìgnificationoftheHebrew r word,is,to be afbamed,Gen.2.25,and becaufe long tarrying or looking for, ones comming,cau- feth Chance, (as in Judg. 3. 25. they tarried till they mere afbamed) therefore the word is alfo ufed for tarrying, or delaying of the tim, Judg. 5.28. and is fo here tranflated by the Chaldeeand the Greeke: and in Rev.:o,6. time as rated for delay, the peo- ple] that is, fame of them, as thelike word in v.6, is opened by Paul,in t Cor.: 0.7. Godr]that is,an image or reprefentation Of God; as after in v.4.& the words here following manifeft. This narrati- on theweth,how the Ifraelites (who promifed to do all that the Lord commanded, Exo.:9.8.)did behave themfelves in keeping of the morali Law, and of that great Commandement, which God had both fpoken to them hiwfelfefrom heaven, and repeated againe by Moles, Exo.20. 4,23. that fo the impoffibility of the Law, in that it was weak through the flefh,might be ken in this peo- ple,even at the firft before anyobedience was per - formed,Rom.8.3.Neh.9.: 3,16. become ofhim] or, donc to him. They looked for Moles, to bring then, a forme ofworfhip , and Tome vifible figne of Gods prefence among them , (as afterwards was in the Tabernacle , and the Arke with the Mercie- feat,Exod,4o34,3 5 Nnm.y,89.) but be- caufe he came not, they would have a worlhip of their owne, filch (in likelyhood) as they had u- fed or feene in Egypt; for now in their hearts they turned backte again into Egypt, as is written in AEt.7. 39, 4o. And yec 40 dales were not expired, nei- ther were the terriblefgnes of Gods pretence ta- ken away ; for the mountaine fill burnt withfire, Deut.9.:l. The Hebrews fay,Tbey required not the Calfe, that it fbould be unto them for a God, &c. but anely that it might teachthem the may, at another Mofes. R. Menachem, on Exod. 32. fol.: 57. Vert' 3. eare - rings] the Jewels which God had given them of the fpoiles of Egypt,(Ex.12.3 5,36) they now abufe to make an Idol of, to difhonour Godwith.So after God complaineth oflfrael,that the care-rings & jewels wherwith he had decked them they tooke and made images, and commit- ted whoredom,(thac is,Idolatry)with them,Eze. :6.55,:2, r7.And thewords and do&rines in the Scriptures, being likened to chainet and ornaments, Prov,s.8,9. the like finne to If?aels is committed, when men pervert the holy Scriptures unto he- retics, to their owne perdition, : Pet.3.5 6. V.4. fafbianed it] or formedit, meaning the Calfe; or ie,is put for them, the Jewels every one : and fo the Greek faith, be formed them. graving- toole] or pen, as the originali word elfwhere fignifieth, fa. 8. :. which may beunderltood, that firft Aaron drew with pen or pencil, the fo: m of a calf, & af- ter did calf the mould thereof: or.that he cut and polithed the calfe herewith, when he had molten and 3 4
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