Exodus Chapter 32 verse 22 Holy Bible
And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they are `set' on evil.
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And Aaron said, Let not my lord be angry; you have seen how the purposes of this people are evil.
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And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord burn! thou knowest the people, that they are [set] on mischief.
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And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they are set on mischief.
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And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people that they are set on mischief.
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Aaron said, "Don't let the anger of my lord grow hot. You know the people, that they are set on evil.
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and Aaron saith, `Let not the anger of my lord burn; thou -- thou hast known the people that it `is' in evil;
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 22. - Let not the anger of my lord wax hot. Aaron's humility is extreme, and the result of a consciousness of guilt. He nowhere else addresses Moses as "my lord." Set on mischief. Or "inclined to evil" (Kalisch).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(22-24) Aaron's conduct was really without excuse; but he attempts two pleas--the first insufficient, the second false and fatuous. (1) The people compelled him; they were "set on mischief;" they made the proposal--they would have it so. (2) He threw the gold into the furnace, and "it came out a calf," as if he had not ordered the construction of the mould. In Deuteronomy, Moses informs us that Aaron's whole conduct so angered God that God would have destroyed him but for his own intercession (Deuteronomy 9:20).