Daily Devotions
My Song In The Night (Exodus)
我夜间的歌曲《出埃及记》
Text: Exodus 32: 19-21
MEDITATION
Exodus 32:19-21
19 So it was, as soon as he came near the camp, that he saw the calf and the dancing. So Moses’ anger became hot, and he cast the tablets out of his hands and broke them at the foot of the mountain.
20 Then he took the calf which they had made, burned it in the fire, and ground it to powder; and he scattered it on the water and made the children of Israel drink it.
21 And Moses said to Aaron, “What did this people do to you that you have brought so great a sin upon them?”
MEANINGFUL APPLICATION TO LIFE
1. Drawing nearer to the Camp of the children of Israel
a. Moses saw the calf.
b. He also saw the dancing.
2. The anger of Moses
a. Moses now understood why God was angry with Israel.
b. He had to see for himself how the children of Israel had forsaken the Lord and had worshipped a golden calf instead.
c. The precious Stone Tablets that God had given him were broken at the foot of the mountain!
d. It would be sheer hypocrisy to receive these Commandments from God and practise idolatry at the same time!
3. Swift and stern response
a. Moses smashed the golden calf.
b. The statue was burned with fire.
c. The residual was mixed with water.
d. He made the children of Israel drink from it (the idolatrous ones).
4. Moses held Aaron responsible
a. He spoke to him sternly.
i. What did the people do to Aaron?
ii. How could he have caused them to commit so great a sin?
b. Moses may be the younger brother
i. But he was the appointed leader.
ii. He had every right to question Aaron who was left in charge while Moses went up the mountain to receive God’s instructions.
经文：出埃及记 32：19-21
沉思
《出埃及记 32：19-21》
19摩西挨近营前，就看见牛犊，又看见人跳舞，便发烈怒，把两块版扔在山下摔碎了，
20又将他们所铸的牛犊用火焚烧，磨得粉碎，撒在水面上，叫以色列人喝。21摩西对亚伦说：“这百姓向你做了什么？你竟使他们陷在大罪里！”