Exodus 32:3

And kol HaAm removed the rings of zahav which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aharon.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron.

In Context

2And Aharon said unto them, Take off the rings of zahav in the ears of your nashim, of your banim, and of your banot, and bring them unto me.

4And he received them at their yad, and fashioned it with a cheret, after he had made it an Egel Masekhah (Molten Calf); and they said, These be thy elohim, O Yisroel, which brought thee up out of Eretz Mitzrayim.

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Cross References

Judges 17:3And when he had restored the eleven hundred pieces of kesef to his em, his em said, I had wholly set apart as kodesh the kesef unto Hashem from my hand for beni (my son), to make a pesel (carved image, idol) + 17:3 See Ex 20:4 and a masekhah (an image cast from a mold); + 17:3 See Ex 32:4 now therefore I will return it unto thee.

Isaiah 40:19The charash (workman, craftsman) melteth a pesel (idol, image), 1 and the goldsmith overlayeth it with zahav, 1 and casteth for it chains of kesef. 1

Jeremiah 10:9Hammered kesef is brought from Tarshish, 1 and zahav from Uphaz, 1 the ma'aseh (work, handiwork) of the charash (workman, artisan), 1 and of the hands of the goldsmith; 1 blue and purple is their + 10:9 the idolsʼ clothing; 1 they are all the ma'aseh (work) of skillful men. 1

Matthew Henry on Exodus 32:2-7

The Golden Calf. ( b. c. 1491.) 1 And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him. 2 And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me. 3 And all the people brake… Read the whole commentary →

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