Exodus 32:21

And Moses said unto Aaron, What had this people done to thee,—that thou shouldst have brought upon them a great sin?

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them?

In Context

20Then took he the calf which they had made and burned it in the fire, and ground it till it became powder, and strewed it on the face of the waters, and made the sons of Israel drink.

22And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord kindle,—thou thyself, knowest the people, that ready for mischief, they are.

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Cross References

Genesis 20:9Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said to him, What hast thou done to us? and wherein had I sinned against thee, that thou shouldst have brought in over me and over my kingdom, a sin so great? Deeds, which should not be done, hast thou done with me.

Deuteronomy 13:6When thy brother—son of thine own mother or thine own son or thine own daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend who is as thine own soul, shall entice thee secretly, saying,—Let us go and serve other gods, whom thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;

1 Samuel 26:19Now, therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant,—If, Yahweh, have goaded thee on against me, let him accept the sweet smell of a gift, but, if the sons of men, accursed, they are before Yahweh, for they have driven me out, to-day, from joining myself with the inheritance of Yahweh, saying—Go, serve other gods!

1 Kings 21:22and will deliver up thy house—Like the house of Jeroboam son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha son of Ahijah,—for the provocation wherewith thou hast provoked, and caused, Israel, to sin.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 32:16-21

Moses Breaks the Tablets of the Law. ( b. c. 1491.) 15 And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony were in his hand: the tables were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written. 16 And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables. 17 And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp. 18 And he said, It is not the voice of… Read the whole commentary →

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