23Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold.
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As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord GOD; Go ye, serve ye every one his idols, and hereafter also, if ye will not hearken unto me: but pollute ye my holy name no more with your gifts, and with your idols.
And them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship and that swear by the LORD, and that swear by Malcham;
They feared the LORD, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations whom they carried away from thence.
And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life. …
And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 22-26)Moses having gone into the thick darkness, where God was , God there spoke in his hearing only, privately and without terror, all that follows hence to the end of Exod. 23:1-32, which is mostly an exposition of the ten commandments; and he was to transmit it by word of mouth first, and afterwards in writing, to the people. The laws in these verses related to God’s worship. I. They are here forbidd…
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