Exodus 32:25 - Forerunner Commentary

Exodus 32:25

23 For they said to me, ‘Make us gods that shall go before us; as for this Moses, the man who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.’

24 And I said to them, ‘Whoever has any gold, let them break it off.’ So they gave it to me, and I cast it into the fire, and this calf came out.”

25 Now when Moses saw that the people were ^aunrestrained (for Aaron ^bhad not restrained them, to their shame among their enemies),

26 then Moses stood in the entrance of the camp, and said, “Whoever is on the Lord’s side—come to me!” And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together to him.

27 And he said to them, “Thus says the Lord God of Israel: ‘Let every man put his sword on his side, and go in and out from entrance to entrance throughout the camp, and ^alet every man kill his brother, every man his companion, and every man his neighbor.’ ”

28 So the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses. And about three thousand men of the people fell that day.

Verse Comparison: Exodus 32:25

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American Standard Version
And when Moses saw that the people were broken loose, (for Aaron had let them loose for a derision among their enemies,)

Amplified® Bible
And when Moses saw that the people were unruly {and} unrestrained (for Aaron had let them get out of control, so that they were a derision {and} object of shame among their enemies),

Contemporary English Version
Moses knew that the people were out of control and that it was Aaron's fault. And now they had made fools of themselves in front of their enemies.

Darby English Version
And Moses saw the people how they were stripped; for Aaron had stripped them to [their] shame before their adversaries.

Good News Bible
Moses saw that Aaron had let the people get out of control and make fools of themselves in front of their enemies.

King James Version
And when Moses saw that the people were naked; (for Aaron had made them naked unto their shame among their enemies:)

New American Standard Bible
Now when Moses saw that the people were out of control--for Aaron had let them get out of control to be a derision among their enemies--

New International Version
Moses saw that the people were running wild and that Aaron had let them get out of control and so become a laughingstock to their enemies.

New King James Version
Now when Moses saw that the people were unrestrained (for Aaron had not restrained them, to their shame among their enemies),

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Now when Moses saw that the people had gotten out of control--for Aaron had let them get out of control to become a derision among their enemies--

Revised Standard Version
And when Moses saw that the people had broken loose (for Aaron had let them break loose, to their shame among their enemies),

Young's Literal Translation
And Moses seeth the people that it `is' unbridled, for Aaron hath made it unbridled for contempt among its withstanders,

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