Passage Research
Exodus 32 — Sermon Preparation
While Moses is on the mountain the people make a golden calf; Moses smashes the tablets, the Levites execute the ringleaders, and Moses intercedes for the nation. Below is a research summary for Exodus 32, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 35
- verses
- 544 / 179
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 13
- classic sermon excerpts
- 5
- preachers & commentators
Exodus 32 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| מֹשֶׁה | Môsheh | H4872 | 17 | Mosheh |
| עַם | ʻam | H5971 | 19 | people, tribe |
| אַהֲרוֹן | ʼAhărôwn | H175 | 9 | Aharon |
| עֵגֶל | ʻêgel | H5695 | 6 | calf, frisking |
| לוּחַ | lûwach | H3871 | 5 | glisten, tablet |
| עָלָה | ʻâlâh | H5927 | 7 | ascend, high |
| מִצְרַיִם | Mitsrayim | H4714 | 6 | Mitsrajim |
How preachers through history handled this text
13 public-domain excerpts on Exodus 32, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Never did any wise man make a more frivolous and foolish excuse than that of Aaron. We must never be drawn into sin by any thing man can say or do to us; for men can but tempt us to sin, they cannot force us. The approach of Moses turned the dancing into trembling. They were exposed to shame by their sin. The course Moses took to roll away this reproach, was, not by concealing the sin, or putting any false colour upon it, but by punishing it. The Levites were to slay the ringleaders in this wickedness; …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Exodus 32:21–29 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Egypt— Ex 32:1
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