the Third Week after Easter
Click here to learn more!
Read the Bible
JPS Old Testament
Exodus 32:14
Bible Study Resources
Concordances:
- Nave'sDictionaries:
- AmericanEncyclopedias:
- CondensedParallel Translations
The LORD repented of the evil which he said he would do to his people.
And the Lord repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.
And Yahweh relented concerning the disaster that he had threatened to do to his people.
So the Lord changed his mind and did not destroy the people as he had said he might.
Then the Lord relented over the evil that he had said he would do to his people.
So the LORD changed His mind about the harm which He had said He would do to His people.
So the LORD relented of the harm which He said He would do to His people.
Then the Lord changed his minde fro the euil, which he threatned to do vnto his people.
So Yahweh relented concerning the harm which He said He would do to His people.
So even though the Lord had threatened to destroy the people, he changed his mind and let them live.
Adonai then changed his mind about the disaster he had planned for his people.
And Jehovah repented of the evil that he had said he would do to his people.
So the Lord felt sorry for the people. He did not do what he said he might do—he did not destroy them.
And the Lord relented from the disaster that he had spoken of bringing on his people.
And the LORD was reconciled concerning the evil which he had purposed to do to his people.
So the Lord changed his mind and did not bring on his people the disaster he had threatened.
So the Lord relented concerning the disaster he had said he would bring on his people.
And Jehovah was moved to pity concerning the evil which He had spoken to do to His people.
Thus the LORDE repented of the euell, which he sayde he wolde do vnto his people.
And Jehovah repented of the evil which he said he would do unto his people.
So the Lord let himself be turned from his purpose of sending punishment on his people.
And the Lorde refrayned hym selfe from the euill whiche he sayd he would do vnto his people.
And the Lord repented of the euill which he thought to doe vnto his people.
And the Lord was prevailed upon to preserve his people.
And the LORD repented of the evil which he said he would do unto his people.
So the LORD relented from the calamity He had threatened to bring on His people.
And the Lord was plesid, that he dide not the yuel which he spak ayens his puple.
and Jehovah repenteth of the evil which He hath spoken of doing to His people.
And Yahweh repented of the evil which he said he would do to his people.
And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do to his people.
Yahweh repented of the evil which he said he would do to his people.
So the LORD relented from the harm which He said He would do to His people.
So the Lord changed his mind about the terrible disaster he had threatened to bring on his people.
So the Lord changed His mind about the things He said He would do to His people.
And the Lord changed his mind about the disaster that he planned to bring on his people.
So then Yahweh was grieved, - over the calamity - which he had spoken of inflicting on his people.
And the Lord was appeased from doing the evil which he had spoken against his people.
And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do to his people.
And God did think twice. He decided not to do the evil he had threatened against his people.
So the LORD changed His mind about the harm which He said He would do to His people.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Deuteronomy 32:26, 2 Samuel 24:16, 1 Chronicles 21:15, Psalms 106:45, Jeremiah 18:8, Jeremiah 26:13, Jeremiah 26:19, Joel 2:13, Jonah 3:10, Jonah 4:2
Reciprocal: Genesis 6:6 - repented Genesis 18:32 - I will not Exodus 32:12 - repent Exodus 33:3 - for I Deuteronomy 9:15 - I turned Deuteronomy 9:19 - But the Deuteronomy 10:10 - the Lord hearkened 2 Kings 13:23 - because of his covenant Psalms 90:13 - let it Psalms 106:23 - stood Jeremiah 42:10 - for I
Cross-References
And the man increased exceedingly, and had large flocks, and maid-servants and men-servants, and camels and asses.
Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.
For all the riches which God hath taken away from our father, that is ours and our children's. Now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do.'
But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God, for it is He that giveth thee power to get wealth, that He may establish His covenant which He swore unto thy fathers, as it is this day.
And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats; and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.
His possessions also were seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the children of the east.
So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning; and he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she-asses.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And the Lord repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people. He did not do what he threatened to do, and seemed to have in his thoughts and designs, but did what Moses desired he would, Exodus 32:12 not that any of God's thoughts or the determinations of his mind are alterable; for the thoughts of his heart are to all generations; but he changes the outward dispensations of his providence, or his methods of acting with men, which he has been taking or threatened to take; and this being similar to what they do when they repent of anything, who alter their course, hence repentance is ascribed to God, though, properly speaking, it does not belong to him, see Jeremiah 18:8. Aben Ezra thinks that the above prayer of Moses, which was so prevalent with God, does not stand in its proper place, but should come after Exodus 32:31 for, to what purpose, says he, should Moses say to the Israelites, Exodus 32:30 "peradventure I shall make an atonement for your sin": if he was appeased by his prayer before?
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The faithfulness of Moses in the office that had been entrusted to him was now to be put to the test. It was to be made manifest whether he loved his own glory better than he loved the brethren who were under his charge; whether he would prefer that he should himself become the founder of a “great nation,” or that the Lord’s promise should be fulfilled in the whole people of Israel. This may have been especially needful for Moses, in consequence of his natural disposition. See Numbers 12:3; and compare Exodus 3:11. With this trial of Moses repeated in a very similar manner Numbers 14:11-23, may be compared the trial of Abraham Genesis 22:0 and of our Saviour Matthew 4:8-10.
Exodus 32:8
These be thy gods ... have brought - This is thy god, O Israel, who has brought ...
Exodus 32:10
Let me alone - But Moses did not let the Lord alone; he wrestled, as Jacob had done, until, like Jacob, he obtained the blessing Genesis 32:24-29.
Exodus 32:14
This states a fact which was not revealed to Moses until after his second intercession when he had come down from the mountain and witnessed the sin of the people Exodus 32:30-34. He was then assured that the Lord’s love to His ancient people would prevail God is said, in the language of Scripture, to “repent,” when His forgiving love is seen by man to blot out the letter of His judgments against sin (2 Samuel 24:16; Joel 2:13; Jonah 3:10, etc.); or when the sin of man seems to human sight to have disappointed the purposes of grace (Gen 6:6; 1 Samuel 15:35, etc.). The awakened conscience is said to “repent,” when, having felt its sin, it feels also the divine forgiveness: it is at this crisis that God, according to the language of Scripture, repents toward the sinner. Thus, the repentance of God made known in and through the One true Mediator reciprocates the repentance of the returning sinner, and reveals to him atonement.
Exodus 32:17-18
Moses does not tell Joshua of the divine communication that had been made to him respecting the apostasy of the people, but only corrects his impression by calling his attention to the kind of noise which they are making.
Exodus 32:19
Though Moses had been prepared by the revelation on the Mount, his righteous indignation was stirred up beyond control when the abomination was before his eyes.
Exodus 32:20
See Deuteronomy 9:21. What is related in this verse must have occupied some time and may have followed the rebuke of Aaron. The act was symbolic, of course. The idol was brought to nothing and the people were made to swallow their own sin (compare Micah 7:13-14).
Exodus 32:22
Aaron’s reference to the character of the people, and his manner of stating what he had done Exo. 5:24, are very characteristic of the deprecating language of a weak mind.
Exodus 32:23
Make us gods - Make us a god.
Exodus 32:25
Naked - Rather unruly, or “licentious”.
Shame among their enemies - Compare Psalms 44:13; Psalms 79:4; Deuteronomy 28:37.
Exodus 32:26-29
The tribe of Levi, Moses’ own tribe, now distinguished itself by immediately returning to its allegiance and obeying the call to fight on the side of Yahweh. We need not doubt that the 3,000 who were slain were those who persisted in resisting Moses. The spirit of the narrative forbids us to conceive that the act of the Levites was anything like an indiscriminate massacre. An amnesty had first been offered to all by the words: “Who is on the Lord’s side?” Those who were forward to draw the sword were directed not to spare their closest relations or friends; but this must plainly have been with an understood qualification as regards the conduct of those who were to be slain. Had it not been so, they who were on the Lord’s side would have had to destroy each other. We need not stumble at the bold, simple way in which the statement is made.
Exodus 32:29
Consecrate yourselves to day to the Lord ... - The margin contains the literal rendering. Our version gives the most probable meaning of the Hebrew, and is supported by the best authority. The Levites were to prove themselves in a special way the servants of Yahweh, in anticipation of their formal consecration as ministers of the sanctuary (compare Deuteronomy 10:8), by manifesting a self-sacrificing zeal in carrying out the divine command, even upon their nearest relatives.
Exodus 32:31
Returned unto the Lord - i. e. again he ascended the mountain.
Gods of gold - a god of gold.
Exodus 32:32
For a similar form of expression, in which the conclusion is left to be supplied by the mind of the reader, see Daniel 3:15; Luke 13:9; Luke 19:42; John 6:62; Romans 9:22. For the same thought, see Romans 9:3. It is for such as Moses and Paul to realize, and to dare to utter, their readiness to be wholly sacrificed for the sake of those whom God has entrusted to their love. This expresses the perfected idea of the whole burnt-offering.
Thy book - The figure is taken from the enrolment of the names of citizens. This is its first occurrence in the Scriptures. See the marginal references. and Isaiah 4:3; Daniel 12:1; Luke 10:20; Philippians 4:3; Revelation 3:5, etc.
Exodus 32:33, Exodus 32:34
Each offender was to suffer for his own sin. Compare Exodus 20:5; Ezekiel 18:4, Ezekiel 18:20. Moses was not to be taken at his word. He was to fulfill his appointed mission of leading on the people toward the land of promise.
Exodus 32:34
Mine Angel shall go before thee - See the marginal references and Genesis 12:7.
In the day when I visit ... - Compare Numbers 14:22-24. But though the Lord chastized the individuals, He did not take His blessing from the nation.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Exodus 32:14. And the Lord repented of the evil — This is spoken merely after the manner of men who, having formed a purpose, permit themselves to be diverted from it by strong and forcible reasons, and so change their minds relative to their former intentions.
