Daily Devotions
My Song In The Night (Exodus)
我夜间的歌曲《出埃及记》
Text: Exodus 32: 22-24
MEDITATION
Exodus 32:22-24
22 So Aaron said, “Do not let the anger of my lord become hot. You know the people, that they are set on evil.
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.”
MEANINGFUL APPLICATION TO LIFE
1. Aaron’s response to Moses
a. Aaron did not seem to realise the severity of this sin of idolatry.
i. He was aware that Moses was not speaking as a brother to a brother.
ii. Thus, he addressed Moses as “my lord”.
iii. Moses was the one appointed by God as the leader and not Aaron.
b. He asked Moses not to be so angry.
i. He had not understood just how angry God was.
ii. He only noted the anger of Moses.
iii. He sought to pacify his brother.
c. Blaming the people:
i. Aaron blamed the people.
ii. They were bent to doing evil.
iii. He did not take the blame.
2. A more detailed explanation
a. The people had asked Aaron to make them “gods” (an idol).
b. He cited their words directly.
i. They had disdained Moses.
ii. They had wanted an idol to represent God.
iii. They had been very insistent in their demand.
c. Aaron then asked the people for their gold ornaments.
d. The people contributed the gold.
e. The idol was made subsequently.
Aaron glibly answered Moses. He had failed to see how grievous this sin was.
经文：出埃及记 32：22-24
沉思
《出埃及记 32：22-24》
22 亚伦说：“求我主不要发烈怒。这百姓专于作恶，是你知道的。
23 他们对我说：‘你为我们做神像，可以在我们前面引路，因为领我们出埃及地的那个摩西，我们不知道他遭了什么事。’24 我对他们说：‘凡有金环的，可以摘下来。’他们就给了我，我把金环扔在火中，这牛犊便出来了。”