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Exodus 32:30-35

Exodus 32:30-35

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

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MOSES ONCE MORE INTERCEDES WITH GOD FOR THE PEOPLE—GOD ANSWERS HIM. No distinct reply seems to have been given to the previous intercession of Moses (). He only knew that the people were not as yet consumed, and therefore that God's wrath was at any rate held in suspense. It might be that the punishment inflicted on the 3000 had appeased God's wrath: or something more might be needed. In the latter case, Moses was ready to sacrifice himself for his nation (). Like St. Paul, he elects to be "accursed from God, for his brethren, his kinsfolk after the flesh" (). But God will not have this sacrifice. "The soul that sinneth, it shall die" (). He declares, "Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book" (). Moses shall not make himself a victim. Without any such sacrifice, God will so far spare them, that they shall still go on their way towards the promised land, with Moses as their earthly, and an Angel as their heavenly leader. Only, their sin shall still be visited in God's own good time and in his own way. How, is left in obscurity; but the decree is issued—"In the day that I visit, I will visit their sin upon them" (). And, writing long years after the event, the author observes—"And God did plague the people because they made the calf which Aaron made" ().

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