And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold.
31. And Moses returned unto the Lord This relation does not stand in its proper place, since, as we have already said, Moses does not exactly preserve the order of time. For we shall see in the next chapter that God refuses with respect to His angel what he here accords; since it is “R.
Moses calls it a great sin so they will not think themselves innocent, and he shows them how difficult atonement is, he must go up to the Lord himself, and even then perhaps make peace. The malignity of sin appears in the price of pardons. He who undertook to make atonement found it no easy thing to do it.
AI summary
Commenting on Exodus 32:30-35
Yet now, if thou will forgive their sin,.... Of thy free grace, good will, and pleasure; it will redound to thy glory, men will praise thy name on account of it; these people will have great reason to be thankful, and will lie under great obligations to thee, to fear, serve, and glorify thee; and in particular it will be regarded by me as the...