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He threw the stone tablets to the ground, smashing them at the foot of the mountain. <a href="/esv/exodus/32.htm">English Standard Version</a> And as soon as he came near the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, Moses’ anger burned hot, and he threw the tablets out of his hands and broke them at the foot of the mountain. <a href="/bsb/exodus/32.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> As Moses approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, he burned with anger and threw the tablets out of his hands, shattering them at the base of the mountain. <a href="/kjv/exodus/32.htm">King James Bible</a> And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount. <a href="/nkjv/exodus/32.htm">New King James Version</a> So it was, as soon as he came near the camp, that he saw the calf and the dancing. So Moses’ anger became hot, and he cast the tablets out of his hands and broke them at the foot of the mountain. <a href="/nasb_/exodus/32.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> And it came about, as soon as Moses approached the camp, that he saw the calf and the people dancing; and Moses’ anger burned, and he threw the tablets from his hands and shattered them to pieces at the foot of the mountain. <a href="/nasb/exodus/32.htm">NASB 1995</a> It came about, as soon as Moses came near the camp, that he saw the calf and the dancing; and Moses&#8217 anger burned, and he threw the tablets from his hands and shattered them at the foot of the mountain. <a href="/nasb77/exodus/32.htm">NASB 1977 </a> And it came about, as soon as Moses came near the camp, that he saw the calf and the dancing; and Moses’ anger burned, and he threw the tablets from his hands and shattered them at the foot of the mountain. <a href="/lsb/exodus/32.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Now it happened, as soon as Moses came near the camp, that he saw the calf and the dancing; and Moses’ anger burned, and he threw the tablets from his hands and shattered them at the foot of the mountain. <a href="/amp/exodus/32.htm">Amplified Bible</a> And as soon as he approached the camp and he saw the calf and the dancing, Moses’ anger burned; and he threw the tablets from his hands and smashed them at the foot of the mountain. <a href="/csb/exodus/32.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> As he approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, Moses became enraged and threw the tablets out of his hands, smashing them at the base of the mountain. <a href="/hcsb/exodus/32.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> As he approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, Moses became enraged and threw the tablets out of his hands, smashing them at the base of the mountain. <a href="/asv/exodus/32.htm">American Standard Version</a> And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf and the dancing: and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount. <a href="/cev/exodus/32.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> As Moses got closer to the camp, he saw the idol, and he also saw the people dancing around. This made him so angry that he threw down the stones and broke them to pieces at the foot of the mountain. <a href="/erv/exodus/32.htm">English Revised Version</a> And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf and the dancing: and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount. <a href="/gwt/exodus/32.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> When he came near the camp, he saw the calf and the dancing. In a burst of anger Moses threw down the tablets and smashed them at the foot of the mountain. <a href="/gnt/exodus/32.htm">Good News Translation</a> When Moses came close enough to the camp to see the bull-calf and to see the people dancing, he became furious. There at the foot of the mountain, he threw down the tablets he was carrying and broke them. <a href="/isv/exodus/32.htm">International Standard Version</a> As Moses approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, he became angry. He threw the tablets from his hands and shattered them at the base of the mountain. <a href="/net/exodus/32.htm">NET Bible</a> When he approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, Moses became extremely angry. He threw the tablets from his hands and broke them to pieces at the bottom of the mountain. <a href="/nheb/exodus/32.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> It happened, as soon as he came near to the camp, that he saw the calf and the dancing: and Moses' anger grew hot, and he threw the tablets out of his hands, and broke them beneath the mountain. <a href="/wbt/exodus/32.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And it came to pass as soon as he came nigh to the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses's anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables from his hands, and broke them beneath the mount.<div class="vheading2">Majority Text Translations</div><a href="/msb/exodus/32.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> As Moses approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, he burned with anger and threw the tablets out of his hands, shattering them at the base of the mountain. <a href="/web/exodus/32.htm">World English Bible</a> As soon as he came near to the camp, he saw the calf and the dancing. Then Moses’ anger grew hot, and he threw the tablets out of his hands, and broke them beneath the mountain. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/exodus/32.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And it comes to pass, when he has drawn near to the camp, that he sees the calf, and the dancing, and the anger of Moses burns, and he casts the tablets out of his hands, and breaks them below the mountain; <a href="/ylt/exodus/32.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And it cometh to pass, when he hath drawn near unto the camp, that he seeth the calf, and the dancing, and the anger of Moses burneth, and he casteth out of his hands the tables, and breaketh them under the mount; <a href="/slt/exodus/32.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And it will be when he drew near to the camp, and he will see the calf and the lute: and the wrath of Moses will kindle, and he will cast the tables out of his hand, and he will break them under the mount.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/exodus/32.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And when he came nigh to the camp, he saw the calf, and the dances: and being very angry, he threw the tables out of his hand, and broke them at the foot of the mount: <a href="/cpdv/exodus/32.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And when he had approached to the camp, he saw the calf and the dances. And being very angry, he threw down the tablets from his hand, and he broke them at the base of the mountain. <a href="/nabre/exodus/32.htm">New American Bible</a> As he drew near the camp, he saw the calf and the dancing. Then Moses’ anger burned, and he threw the tablets down and broke them on the base of the mountain. <a href="/nrsvce/exodus/32.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> As soon as he came near the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, Moses’ anger burned hot, and he threw the tablets from his hands and broke them at the foot of the mountain.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/exodus/32.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And it came to pass as soon as they came near to the camp, he saw the calf and the cymbals; and Moses' anger raged, and he threw the tablets out of his hand and broke them at the foot of the mountain. <a href="/hpbt/exodus/32.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Moshe said to him, “It is not the voice of the speech of mighty men, neither the voice of misfortune but the sound of sin I heard.”<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/exodus/32.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf and the dancing; and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and broke them beneath the mount. <a href="/sep/exodus/32.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And when he drew nigh to the camp, he sees the calf and the dances; and Moses being very angry cast the two tables out of his hands, and broke them to pieces under the mountain. <a href="/parallel/exodus/32-19.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kVae3PiKqhs?start=8393" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/exodus/32.htm">Moses Breaks the Tablets</a> 19<a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: way·hî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass."></a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ka·’ă·šer (Prep-k:: Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">As</a> <a href="/hebrew/7126.htm" title="7126: qā·raḇ (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To come near, approach. A primitive root; to approach for whatever purpose.">Moses approached</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/4264.htm" title="4264: ham·ma·ḥă·neh (Art:: N-cs) -- An encampment, camp. From chanah; an encampment; hence, an army, whether literal or figurative.">the camp</a> <a href="/hebrew/7200.htm" title="7200: way·yar (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To see. A primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively.">and saw</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5695.htm" title="5695: hā·‘ê·ḡel (Art:: N-ms) -- A calf. From the same as agol; a calf, especially one nearly grown.">the calf</a> <a href="/hebrew/4246.htm" title="4246: ū·mə·ḥō·lōṯ (Conj-w:: N-fp) -- A dance. Feminine of machashabah; a dance.">and the dancing,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4872.htm" title="4872: mō·šeh (N-proper-ms) -- A great Isr. leader, prophet and lawgiver. From mashah; drawing out, i.e. Rescued; Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver.">he</a> <a href="/hebrew/2734.htm" title="2734: way·yi·ḥar- (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To burn or be kindled with anger. A primitive root; to glow or grow warm; figuratively to blaze up, of anger, zeal, jealousy.">burned</a> <a href="/hebrew/639.htm" title="639: ’ap̄ (N-msc) -- A nostril, nose, face, anger. From 'anaph; properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also ire.">with anger</a> <a href="/hebrew/7993.htm" title="7993: way·yaš·lêḵ (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To throw, fling, cast. A primitive root; to throw out, down or away.">and threw</a> <a href="/hebrew/3871.htm" title="3871: hal·lu·ḥōṯ (Art:: N-mp) -- A tablet, board or plank, a plate. Or luach; from a primitive root; probably meaning to glisten; a tablet, of stone, wood or metal.">the tablets</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: mī·yå̄·ḏō (Prep-m:: N-fdc:: 3ms) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">out of his hands,</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7665.htm" title="7665: way·šab·bêr (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To break, break in pieces. A primitive root; to burst.">shattering</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·ṯām (DirObjM:: 3mp) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">them</a> <a href="/hebrew/8478.htm" title="8478: ta·ḥaṯ (Prep) -- Underneath, below, instead of. From the same as Towach; the bottom; only adverbially, below, in lieu of, etc.">at the base of</a> <a href="/hebrew/2022.htm" title="2022: hā·hār (Art:: N-ms) -- Mountain, hill, hill country. A shortened form of harar; a mountain or range of hills.">the mountain.</a> 20Then he took the calf they had made, burned it in the fire, ground it to powder, and scattered the powder over the face of the water. Then he forced the Israelites to drink it.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/deuteronomy/9-16.htm">Deuteronomy 9:16-17</a> And I saw how you had sinned against the LORD your God; you had made for yourselves a molten calf. You had turned aside quickly from the way that the LORD had commanded you. / So I took the two tablets and threw them out of my hands, shattering them before your eyes. <a href="/numbers/20-10.htm">Numbers 20:10-12</a> Then Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly in front of the rock, and Moses said to them, “Listen now, you rebels, must we bring you water out of this rock?” / Then Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with his staff, so that a great amount of water gushed out, and the congregation and their livestock were able to drink. / But the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not trust Me to show My holiness in the sight of the Israelites, you will not bring this assembly into the land that I have given them.” <a href="/1_kings/19-10.htm">1 Kings 19:10</a> “I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well.” <a href="/psalms/106-19.htm">Psalm 106:19-23</a> At Horeb they made a calf and worshiped a molten image. / They exchanged their Glory for the image of a grass-eating ox. / They forgot God their Savior, who did great things in Egypt, ... <a href="/nehemiah/9-18.htm">Nehemiah 9:18</a> Even when they cast for themselves an image of a calf and said, ‘This is your God who brought you up out of Egypt,’ and when they committed terrible blasphemies, <a href="/acts/7-39.htm">Acts 7:39-41</a> But our fathers refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt. / They said to Aaron, ‘Make us gods who will go before us! As for this Moses who led us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him.’ / At that time they made a calf and offered a sacrifice to the idol, rejoicing in the works of their hands. <a href="/1_corinthians/10-7.htm">1 Corinthians 10:7</a> Do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written: “The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.” <a href="/hebrews/3-16.htm">Hebrews 3:16-19</a> For who were the ones who heard and rebelled? Were they not all those Moses led out of Egypt? / And with whom was God angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness? / And to whom did He swear that they would never enter His rest? Was it not to those who disobeyed? ... <a href="/2_kings/17-15.htm">2 Kings 17:15-18</a> They rejected His statutes and the covenant He had made with their fathers, as well as the decrees He had given them. They pursued worthless idols and became worthless themselves, going after the surrounding nations that the LORD had commanded them not to imitate. / They abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves two cast idols of calves and an Asherah pole. They bowed down to all the host of heaven and served Baal. / They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire and practiced divination and soothsaying. They devoted themselves to doing evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger. ... <a href="/isaiah/44-9.htm">Isaiah 44:9-20</a> All makers of idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Their witnesses fail to see or comprehend, so they are put to shame. / Who fashions a god or casts an idol which profits him nothing? / Behold, all his companions will be put to shame, for the craftsmen themselves are only human. Let them all assemble and take their stand; they will all be brought to terror and shame. ... <a href="/jeremiah/10-3.htm">Jeremiah 10:3-5</a> For the customs of the peoples are worthless; they cut down a tree from the forest; it is shaped with a chisel by the hands of a craftsman. / They adorn it with silver and gold and fasten it with hammer and nails, so that it will not totter. / Like scarecrows in a cucumber patch, their idols cannot speak. They must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not fear them, for they can do no harm, and neither can they do any good.” <a href="/ezekiel/20-8.htm">Ezekiel 20:8</a> But they rebelled against Me and refused to listen. None of them cast away the abominations before their eyes, and they did not forsake the idols of Egypt. So I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and vent My anger against them in the land of Egypt. <a href="/2_corinthians/6-16.htm">2 Corinthians 6:16</a> What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.” <a href="/galatians/4-8.htm">Galatians 4:8-9</a> Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods. / But now that you know God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you are turning back to those weak and worthless principles? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again? <a href="/revelation/9-20.htm">Revelation 9:20</a> Now the rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the works of their hands. They did not stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And it came to pass, as soon as he came near to the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and broke them beneath the mount.he saw<a href="/exodus/32-4.htm">Exodus 32:4-6</a> 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… <a href="/deuteronomy/9-16.htm">Deuteronomy 9:16,17</a> And I looked, and, behold, ye had sinned against the LORD your God, and had made you a molten calf: ye had turned aside quickly out of the way which the LORD had commanded you… the dancing<a href="/exodus/15-20.htm">Exodus 15:20</a> And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.<a href="/2_samuel/6-14.htm">2 Samuel 6:14</a> And David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod.<a href="/lamentations/5-15.htm">Lamentations 5:15</a> The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.anger<a href="/exodus/32-11.htm">Exodus 32:11</a> And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand?<a href="/numbers/12-3.htm">Numbers 12:3</a> (Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.)<a href="/matthew/5-22.htm">Matthew 5:22</a> But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.brake them<a href="/deuteronomy/9-17.htm">Deuteronomy 9:17</a> And I took the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and brake them before your eyes.<a href="/deuteronomy/27-26.htm">Deuteronomy 27:26</a> Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen.<a href="/jeremiah/31-32.htm">Jeremiah 31:32</a> Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD:<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/exodus/32-12.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/exodus/20-21.htm">Approached</a> <a href="/exodus/28-33.htm">Beneath</a> <a href="/exodus/32-3.htm">Brake</a> <a href="/exodus/32-3.htm">Broke</a> <a href="/exodus/31-9.htm">Burned</a> <a href="/exodus/32-8.htm">Calf</a> <a href="/exodus/32-17.htm">Camp</a> <a href="/exodus/32-8.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/exodus/15-20.htm">Dancing</a> <a href="/exodus/31-9.htm">Foot</a> <a href="/exodus/19-19.htm">Grew</a> <a href="/exodus/32-15.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/exodus/32-11.htm">Hot</a> <a href="/exodus/32-18.htm">Moses</a> <a href="/exodus/18-17.htm">Moses's</a> <a href="/exodus/32-15.htm">Mount</a> <a href="/exodus/32-15.htm">Mountain</a> <a href="/exodus/30-20.htm">Nigh</a> <a href="/exodus/15-6.htm">Shattered</a> <a href="/exodus/9-29.htm">Soon</a> <a href="/exodus/32-16.htm">Tables</a> <a href="/exodus/32-16.htm">Tablets</a> <a href="/exodus/24-8.htm">Threw</a> <a href="/exodus/19-19.htm">Waxed</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/exodus/32-22.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/exodus/40-32.htm">Approached</a> <a href="/exodus/36-29.htm">Beneath</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-17.htm">Brake</a> <a href="/exodus/32-24.htm">Broke</a> <a href="/exodus/32-20.htm">Burned</a> <a href="/exodus/32-20.htm">Calf</a> <a href="/exodus/32-26.htm">Camp</a> <a href="/exodus/32-24.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/judges/11-34.htm">Dancing</a> <a href="/exodus/34-3.htm">Foot</a> <a href="/numbers/21-4.htm">Grew</a> <a href="/exodus/33-22.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/exodus/32-22.htm">Hot</a> <a href="/exodus/32-21.htm">Moses</a> <a href="/exodus/34-35.htm">Moses's</a> <a href="/exodus/33-6.htm">Mount</a> <a href="/exodus/34-2.htm">Mountain</a> <a href="/exodus/34-30.htm">Nigh</a> <a href="/exodus/34-1.htm">Shattered</a> <a href="/numbers/16-31.htm">Soon</a> <a href="/exodus/34-1.htm">Tables</a> <a href="/exodus/34-1.htm">Tablets</a> <a href="/exodus/32-24.htm">Threw</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-25.htm">Waxed</a><div class="vheading2">Exodus 32</div>1. <a href="/exodus/32-1.htm">The people in the absence of Moses, caused Aaron to make a calf</a> 7. <a href="/exodus/32-7.htm">God informs Moses, who intercedes for Israel, and prevails</a> 15. <a href="/exodus/32-15.htm">Moses comes down with the tablets</a> 19. <a href="/exodus/32-19.htm">He breaks them</a> 20. <a href="/exodus/32-20.htm">He destroys the calf</a> 22. <a href="/exodus/32-22.htm">Aaron's excuse for himself</a> 25. <a href="/exodus/32-25.htm">Moses causes the idolaters to be slain</a> 30. <a href="/exodus/32-30.htm">He prays for the people</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/exodus/32.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/exodus/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/exodus/32.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>As Moses approached the camp Moses had been on Mount Sinai for forty days and nights receiving the Law from God. His descent marks a pivotal moment as he returns to the Israelites, who have grown impatient in his absence. This approach signifies a transition from divine communion to confronting human rebellion.and saw the calf and the dancing, The golden calf was an idol created by Aaron at the people's request, symbolizing a return to Egyptian idolatry. The dancing indicates revelry and possibly pagan worship practices, highlighting a stark contrast to the covenantal worship of Yahweh. This scene reflects a breach of the first two commandments given just days earlier.he burned with anger Moses' anger is righteous, reflecting God's own wrath against idolatry. This emotion underscores the seriousness of the Israelites' sin and the betrayal of their covenant with God. It also prefigures the righteous indignation of Jesus in the temple (<a href="/john/2-13.htm">John 2:13-17</a>).and threw the tablets out of his hands, The tablets, inscribed by the finger of God, represent the covenant between God and Israel. Moses' act of throwing them down symbolizes the breaking of this covenant due to the people's sin. It is a physical manifestation of the spiritual breach that has occurred.shattering them at the base of the mountain. The shattering of the tablets at the mountain's base, where the covenant was first established, signifies the gravity of Israel's apostasy. This act foreshadows the need for a new covenant, ultimately fulfilled in Christ, who restores and perfects the broken relationship between God and humanity.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a> The leader of the Israelites, chosen by God to deliver His people from Egypt. He is returning from Mount Sinai with the tablets of the covenant. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_camp_of_the_israelites.htm">The Camp of the Israelites</a> The location where the Israelites were encamped at the base of Mount Sinai. It is here that they fell into idolatry by worshiping the golden calf. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_golden_calf.htm">The Golden Calf</a> An idol made by Aaron and the Israelites while Moses was on Mount Sinai. It represents a significant act of disobedience and idolatry against God. 4. <a href="/topical/m/mount_sinai.htm">Mount Sinai</a> The mountain where Moses received the Ten Commandments from God. It is a place of divine revelation and covenant. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_tablets_of_the_covenant.htm">The Tablets of the Covenant</a> Stone tablets inscribed by the finger of God, containing the Ten Commandments. They symbolize God's law and covenant with His people.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/r/righteous_anger.htm">Righteous Anger</a> Moses' anger was justified as it was directed against sin and idolatry. Believers should be stirred to righteous anger against sin, but it must be controlled and lead to constructive action. <a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_idolatry.htm">The Consequences of Idolatry</a> The Israelites' worship of the golden calf serves as a warning against idolatry in any form. Believers must guard their hearts against placing anything above God. <a href="/topical/t/the_broken_covenant.htm">The Broken Covenant</a> The shattering of the tablets symbolizes the broken covenant between God and Israel. It reminds us of the seriousness of sin and the need for repentance and restoration. <a href="/topical/l/leadership_and_accountability.htm">Leadership and Accountability</a> Moses' response to the sin of the people highlights the responsibility of leaders to confront sin and lead their people back to God. <a href="/topical/t/the_need_for_intercession.htm">The Need for Intercession</a> Moses' later intercession for the people demonstrates the power and necessity of prayer in seeking God's mercy and forgiveness.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_exodus_32.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Exodus 32</a> <a href="/q/how_does_deut._9_13-21_align_with_ex._32.htm">Deuteronomy 9:13–21 – How does Moses’s retelling of the golden calf incident here square with the details and timing found in Exodus 32? </a> <a href="/q/how_was_the_law_preserved_after_exodus_32_19.htm">If Moses physically destroyed the original stone tablets in Exodus 32:19, how did the Law continue to be preserved without alteration? </a> <a href="/q/how_reconcile_deut._10_1-2_with_no_tablets.htm">How do we reconcile Deuteronomy 10:1–2’s account of carving new tablets with the lack of any archaeological evidence for either set of tablets? </a> <a href="/q/why_do_exodus_34_and_20_differ.htm">(Exodus 34:1) Why does this second set of commandments differ from those in Exodus 20, and which version should be considered authoritative? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/exodus/32.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(19) And the dancing.--Heb., and dances. What Moses saw was "the calf" which had already been mentioned, and "dances" which had not been mentioned, but which were now going on after the usual fashion of idolatrous festivity. Such dancing among Oriental nations was uniformly of a lascivious character. (Comp. <a href="/exodus/32-25.htm" title="And when Moses saw that the people were naked; (for Aaron had made them naked to their shame among their enemies:)">Exodus 32:25</a>.)He cast the tables out of his hands.--Comp. <a href="/deuteronomy/9-17.htm" title="And I took the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and broke them before your eyes.">Deuteronomy 9:17</a>. In righteous indignation, but perhaps with some revival of the hot temper which had led him astray in his younger days (<a href="/exodus/2-12.htm" title="And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.">Exodus 2:12</a>).<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/exodus/32.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 19. - The dancing. Rather "dancing." There is no article; and as the subject had not been mentioned before, the use of the article would have been unmeaning. Dances were a part of the religious ceremonial in most ancient nations. Sometimes they were solemn and grave, like the choric dances of the ancient Dorians, and (probably) that of David in front of the Ark (<a href="/2_samuel/6-5.htm">2 Samuel 6:5-22</a>); sometimes festive and joyous, yet not immodest, like the Pyrrhic and other dances at Sparta, and the dancing of the Salii at Rome; but more often, and especially among the Oriental nations, they were of a loose and lascivious character. In Egypt, the dancers appear to have been professionals of a degraded class, and the dancing itself to have been always sensual and indecent; while in Syria, Asia Minor, and Babylon, dancing was a wild orgy, at once licentious and productive of a species of phrenzy. We must suspect that it was this sort of dancing in which the Israelites were engaged - whence the terrible anger of Moses. He saw idolatry before his eyes, and idolatry with its worst accompaniments. In the extremity of his anger, he cast the tables out of his hands, dashed them violently against the ground, and brake them. For this act he is never reprehended. It is viewed as the natural outcome of a righteous indignation, provoked by the extreme wickedness of the people. We must bear this in mind when we come to consider the justice or injustice of the punishment which he proceeded to inflict on them for their sin (vers. 26-29). CHAPTER 32:20 <a href="/commentaries/exodus/32-19.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>As כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר (ka·’ă·šer) Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that [Moses] approached קָרַב֙ (qā·raḇ) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7126.htm">Strong's 7126: </a> To come near, approach the camp הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֔ה (ham·ma·ḥă·neh) Article | Noun - common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4264.htm">Strong's 4264: </a> An encampment, an army and saw וַיַּ֥רְא (way·yar) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7200.htm">Strong's 7200: </a> To see the calf הָעֵ֖גֶל (hā·‘ê·ḡel) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5695.htm">Strong's 5695: </a> A, calf, one nearly grown and the dancing, וּמְחֹלֹ֑ת (ū·mə·ḥō·lōṯ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4246.htm">Strong's 4246: </a> A dance he מֹשֶׁ֗ה (mō·šeh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4872.htm">Strong's 4872: </a> Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver burned וַיִּֽחַר־ (way·yi·ḥar-) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2734.htm">Strong's 2734: </a> To glow, grow warm, to blaze up, of anger, zeal, jealousy with anger אַ֣ף (’ap̄) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_639.htm">Strong's 639: </a> The nose, nostril, the face, a person, ire and threw וַיַּשְׁלֵ֤ךְ (way·yaš·lêḵ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7993.htm">Strong's 7993: </a> To throw out, down, away the tablets הַלֻּחֹ֔ת (hal·lu·ḥōṯ) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3871.htm">Strong's 3871: </a> To glisten, a tablet, of stone, wood, metal out of מידו (mî·yā·ḏōw) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> his hands, מִיָּדָיו֙ (mî·yā·ḏāw) Preposition-m | Noun - fdc | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> A hand smashing וַיְשַׁבֵּ֥ר (way·šab·bêr) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7665.htm">Strong's 7665: </a> To break, break in pieces them at the base of תַּ֥חַת (ta·ḥaṯ) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8478.htm">Strong's 8478: </a> The bottom, below, in lieu of the mountain. הָהָֽר׃ (hā·hār) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2022.htm">Strong's 2022: </a> Mountain, hill, hill country <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/exodus/32-19.htm">Exodus 32:19 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/exodus/32-19.htm">Exodus 32:19 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/exodus/32-19.htm">Exodus 32:19 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/exodus/32-19.htm">Exodus 32:19 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/exodus/32-19.htm">Exodus 32:19 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/exodus/32-19.htm">Exodus 32:19 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/exodus/32-19.htm">Exodus 32:19 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/exodus/32-19.htm">Exodus 32:19 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/exodus/32-19.htm">Exodus 32:19 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/exodus/32-19.htm">Exodus 32:19 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/exodus/32-19.htm">OT Law: Exodus 32:19 It happened as soon as he came (Exo. 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