6And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.
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Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.
And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.
And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands. …
Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they said, Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand. …
And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-6)While Moses was in the mount, receiving the law from God, the people had time to meditate upon what had been delivered, and prepare themselves for what was further to be revealed, and forty days was little enough for that work; but, instead of that, there were those among them that were contriving how to break the laws they had already received, and to anticipate those which they were in expectati…
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