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20 He took the calf they had made and burned it in the fire, ground it[a] to powder, poured it out on the water, and made the Israelites drink it.[b]

21 Moses said to Aaron, “What did this people do to you, that you have brought on them so great a sin?” 22 Aaron said, “Do not let your anger burn hot, my lord;[c] you know these people, that they tend to evil.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 32:20 tn Here “it” has been supplied.
  2. Exodus 32:20 tn Here “it” has been supplied.sn Pouring the ashes into the water running from the mountain in the brook (Deut 9:21) and making them drink it was a type of the bitter water test that tested the wife suspected of unfaithfulness. Here the reaction of the people who drank would indicate guilt or not (U. Cassuto, Exodus, 419).
  3. Exodus 32:22 sn “My lord” refers to Moses.
  4. Exodus 32:22 tn Heb “that on evil it is.”