Exodus 32:3

All the people took off the golden rings that were on their ears and brought them to Aaron.

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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

2So Aaron said to them, “Take off the golden rings that are on your wives' ears, and the ears of your sons and daughters, and bring them to me.”

4He received the gold from them, fashioned it in a mold, and made it into a molded calf. Then the people said, “Israel, this is your god who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.”

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Cross References

Judges 17:3He restored the 1,100 pieces of silver to his mother and his mother said, “I set apart this silver to Yahweh, for my son to make carved and cast metal figures. So now, I restore it to you.”

Isaiah 40:19An idol! A craftsman casts it: The goldsmith overlays it with gold 1 and forges silver chains for it. 1

Jeremiah 10:9They bring hammered silver from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz made by artificers, 1 the hands of refiners. Their clothes are blue and purple cloth. Their skillful men made all of these things. 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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