Exodus 32:3

Exodus 32:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron.
• New International Version (NIV)So all the people took off their earrings and brought them to Aaron.
• English Standard Version (ESV)So all the people took off the rings of gold that were in their ears and brought them to Aaron.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So all the people broke off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them to Aaron.

Context of Exodus 32:3

1Now when the people saw that Moses was delayed in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said, “Come, make us gods who will go before us. As for this Moses who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him!” 2So Aaron told them, “Take off the gold earrings that are on your wives and sons and daughters, and bring them to me.” Then all the people took off their gold earrings and brought them to Aaron. 4He took the gold from their hands, and with an engraving tool he fashioned it into a molten calf. And they said, “These, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!” 5When Aaron saw this, he built an altar before the calf and proclaimed: “Tomorrow shall be a feast to the LORD.”

Exodus 32:3 word by word

וַיִּתְפָּֽרְקוּ֙ כָּל־הָעָ֔ם אֶת־נִזְמֵ֥י הַזָּהָ֖ב אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּאָזְנֵיהֶ֑ם וַיָּבִ֖יאוּ אֶֽל־אַהֲרֹֽן׃Read the interlinear

• Then allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
• took offפָּרַקpâraq · to tearH6561
• their goldזָהָבzâhâb · goldH2091
• earringsנֶ֫זֶםnezem · ringH5141
• ·אֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• ·אֹ֫זֶן'ôzen · earH241
• and brought themבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): bringH935
• toאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
• Aaronאַהֲרֹן'ahărôn · AaronH175

Cross-references for Exodus 32:3

• Judges 17:3And when he had returned the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, she said, “I wholly dedicate the silver to the LORD for my son’s benefit, to make a graven image and a molten idol. Therefore I will now return it to you.”
• Isaiah 40:19To an idol that a craftsman casts and a metalworker overlays with gold and fits with silver chains?
• Isaiah 46:6They pour out their bags of gold and weigh out silver on scales; they hire a goldsmith to fashion it into a god, so they can bow down and worship.
• Jeremiah 10:9Hammered silver is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz— the work of a craftsman from the hands of a goldsmith. Their clothes are blue and purple, all fashioned by skilled workers.

Commentaries on Exodus 32:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3And all the people brake off the golden ear-rings - The human being is naturally fond of dress, though this has been improperly attributed to the female sex alone, and those are most fond of it who have the shallowest capacities; but on this occasion the bent of the people to idolatry was greater than even their love of dress, so that they readily stripped themselves of their ornaments in order to get a molten god. They made some compensation for this…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-6Verses 1-6 In all probability these three chapters originally formed a distinct composition. The main incidents recorded in them follow in the order of time, and are therefore in their proper place as regards historical sequence. The golden calf - The people had, to a great extent, lost the patriarchal faith, and were but imperfectly instructed in the reality of a personal unseen God. Being disappointed at the long absence of Moses, they seem to have…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-4Aaron, who served as a priest (religious leader), asked the people to bring gold rings. After that, he did not allow them to take part in the work. This was very different from what God commanded for building the tabernacle. In that case, the people were invited to bring many kinds of offerings as they were willing (25:1–9; 35:4–36:7). They also shared in the work under the direction of a skilled worker whom God filled with his Spirit, not under a priest…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. all the people brake off the golden earrings--The Egyptian rings, as seen on the monuments, were round massy plates of metal; and as they were rings of this sort the Israelites wore, their size and number must, in the general collection, have produced a large store of the precious metal.Read the comment

Topics related to Exodus 32:3

• Ear-Ring
• Falsehood
• Feasts
• Idol
• Quotations and Allusions

In the dictionaries

• Aaron
• Consume
• Corrupt
• Fashion
• Levite
• Mastery
• Naked
• Play
• Shout
• Sing

Commentaries on Exodus 32

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings