Exo 32:21-25 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Exod 32:21-25: 32:21-25 Aaron denied responsibility even though he himself had made the molds and poured the gold (32:4 ). Aaron wanted Moses to believe that it all “just happened” (32:24 ) and that he had no choice because the people were so evil (32:22 ). Moses was not misled. He knew that Aaron could have led the people but had let them get completely out of control (32:25 ).

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‏ Exodus 32:21-25

Summary for Exod 32:21-25: 32:21-25 ^a Aaron denied responsibility even though he himself had made the molds and poured the gold (32:4 ^b). Aaron wanted Moses to believe that it all “just happened” (32:24 ^c) and that he had no choice because the people were so evil (32:22 ^d). Moses was not misled. He knew that Aaron could have led the people but had let them get completely out of control (32:25 ^e).
32:25 ^f much to the amusement of their enemies: After the Israelites’ great show of worshiping the Lord as a different kind of God, their actions proclaimed that he was merely another of the idols that their enemies had been worshiping all along (see Ezek 36:19-20 ^g).