Exo 32:7 | TNotes | STEP | 32:7 Your people whom you brought from the land of Egypt: God here attributes his own work to Moses, which suggests that he was testing Moses, giving him an opportunity to make the same mistake the people had made (32:1 ). God was not “tempting” Moses in the sense of “seducing him to do evil” (see Jas 1:13-14 ), but he was putting Moses into a situation where he was faced with a clear choice that could take him in opposing directions (cp. 1 Kgs 22:19-23 ).

cJas 1:13-14►

d1 Kgs 22:19-23►

‏ Exodus 32:7

32:7 ^a Your people whom you brought from the land of Egypt: God here attributes his own work to Moses, which suggests that he was testing Moses, giving him an opportunity to make the same mistake the people had made (32:1 ^b). God was not “tempting” Moses in the sense of “seducing him to do evil” (see Jas 1:13-14 ^c), but he was putting Moses into a situation where he was faced with a clear choice that could take him in opposing directions (cp. 1 Kgs 22:19-23 ^d).