Exodus 32:11

And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand?

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Moses	מֹשֶׁ֔ה mo.Sheh	H4872	Mosheh · proper noun, a man's name
besought	וַיְחַ֣ל vay.Chal	H2470	properly · conjunction + verb, piel sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
LORD	יְהוָ֣ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
God	אֱלֹהָ֑יו 'e.lo.Hav	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
said	וַיֹּ֗אמֶר vai.Yo.mer	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
LORD	יְהוָה֙ Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
wrath	אַפְּךָ֙ 'a.pe.Kha	H639	properly · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
hot	יֶחֱרֶ֤ה ye.che.Reh	H2734	to glow or grow warm · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
people	בְּעַמֶּ֔ךָ be.'a.Me.kha	H5971	a people (as a congregated unit) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
forth	הוֹצֵ֙אתָ֙ ho.Tze.ta	H3318	to go (causatively · verb, hiphil perfect, 2nd person masculine singular
land	מֵאֶ֣רֶץ me.'E.retz	H776	the earth (at large · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct
Egypt	מִצְרַ֔יִם mitz.Ra.yim	H4714	Mitsrajim · proper noun, a place name
great	גָּד֖וֹל ga.Dol	H1419	great (in any sense) · adjective, masculine singular absolute
power	בְּכֹ֥חַ be.Kho.ach	H3581	vigor · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
mighty	חֲזָקָֽה cha.za.Kah	H2389	strong (usu. in a bad sense · adjective, feminine singular absolute
hand	וּבְיָ֥ד u.ve.Yad	H3027	a hand (the open one (indicating power · conjunction + preposition + noun, common both genders singular absolute

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Cross-references

Deuteronomy 9:18-20 And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and forty nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all your…
Deuteronomy 9:26-29 I prayed therefore unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, destroy not thy people and thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed through thy g…
Psalms 106:23 Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he shoul…
Numbers 11:11 And Moses said unto the LORD, Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favour in thy sight, that thou layes…
Numbers 16:22 And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the…
Psalms 74:1-2 O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
Isaiah 63:17 O LORD, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants’ sake, the tribes of thine…
Jeremiah 12:1-2 Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 32:7-14

Here, I. God acquaints Moses with what was doing in the camp while he was absent, Exo 32:7, Exo 32:8. He could have told him sooner, as soon as the first step was taken towards it, and have hastened him down to prevent it; but he suffered it to come to this height, for wise and holy ends, and then sent him down to punish it. Note, It is no reproach to the holiness of God that he suffers sin to be committed, since he knows, not only how to restrain it when he pleases, but how to make it serviceable to the designs of his own glory. Observe what God here says to Moses concerning this sin. 1. That they had corrupted themselves. Sin is the corruption or depravation of the sinner, and it is a self…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 32:10

make of thee a great nation--Care must be taken not to suppose this language as betokening any change or vacillation in the divine purpose. The covenant made with the patriarchs had been ratified in the most solemn manner; it could not and never was intended that it should be broken. But the manner in which God spoke to Moses served two important purposes--it tended to develop the faith and intercessory patriotism of the Hebrew leader, and to excite the serious alarm of the people, that God would reject them and deprive them of the privileges they had fondly fancied were so secure.

Adam Clarke on Exodus 32:10

Now therefore let me alone - Moses had already begun to plead with God in the behalf of this rebellious and ungrateful people; and so powerful was his intercession that even the Omnipotent represents himself as incapable of doing any thing in the way of judgment, unless his creature desisted from praying for mercy! See an instance of the prevalence of fervent intercession in the case of Abraham, Gen 18:23-33, from the model of which the intercession of Moses seems to have been formed.

John Gill on Exodus 32:11

And Moses besought the Lord his God,.... As the Lord was the God of Moses, his covenant God, and he had an interest in him, he made use of it in favour of the people of Israel: and said, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people? so as to think or speak of consuming them utterly; otherwise he knew there was reason for his being angry and wroth with them; but though they were deserving of his hot wrath and displeasure, and even to be dealt with in the manner proposed, yet he entreats he would consider they were his people; his special people, whom he had chose above all people, and had redeemed them from the house of bondage, had given them laws, and made a covenant with them, and many p…

Dictionary and topics

Levite — A descendant of the tribe of Levi (Ex. 6:25; Lev. 25:32; Num. 35:2; Josh. 21:3, 41). This name is, however, generally used as the title of that portion of the tribe which was set apart for the…
Levites — (descendants of Levi). Sometimes the name extends to the whole tribe, the priests included, (Exodus 6:25; Leviticus 25:32; Numbers 35:2; Joshua 21:3,41) etc; sometimes only to those members of the…
Prayer — Is converse with God; the intercourse of the soul with God, not in contemplation or meditation, but in direct address to him. Prayer may be oral or mental, occasional or constant, ejaculatory or…
Anger Of God, The · To be deprecated — To be deprecated
Calf Of Gold · Moses interceded for those who worshipped — Moses interceded for those who worshipped
Intercession · OF MAN WITH GOD — OF MAN WITH GOD
Judgments · Saints: Pray for those under — Saints: Pray for those under
Prayer · Is described as: Beseeching the Lord — Is described as: Beseeching the Lord
Prayer, Answers To · Exemplified: Moses — Exemplified: Moses
Prayer, Intercessory · Exemplified: Moses — Exemplified: Moses

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Exodus 32:11

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 32:7-14

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 32:10

Adam Clarke on Exodus 32:10

John Gill on Exodus 32:11

Dictionary and topics

Exodus 32:11

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 32:7-14

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 32:10

Adam Clarke on Exodus 32:10

John Gill on Exodus 32:11

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Exodus 32:11-12

Keil & Delitzsch on Exodus 32:7-14

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Exodus 32:11-13

Rashi on Exodus 32:11