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.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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| << Exodus 32:24 | Exodus 32:26 >> |
What Does Exodus 32:25 Mean?
Exodus 32:25
"Naked" does not mean that they were without clothing, but rather that their spiritual condition had been exposed. It is similar to "naked" as it is used in Revelation 3:17 in reference to the "wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked" Laodicean. God's righteousness was not clothing them.
John W. Ritenbaugh
The Nature of God: Elohim
Related Topics: Clothing
| Laodiceanism
| Nakedness
| Nakedness as Humilation and Shame
| Nakedness as Metaphor
| Nakedness as Symbol
| Spiritual Blindness
| Spiritual Nakedness
Other Forerunner Commentary entries containing Exodus 32:25:
Exodus 23:22-24
Galatians 5:23
| << Exodus 32:24 | Exodus 32:26 >> |
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