Exodus 32 · Verse 25

Exodus 32:25

And when Moses saw that the people were naked; (for Aaron had made them naked unto their shame among their enemies:)
Exodus 32:25, King James Version

Exodus 32:25 in other translations

BSBMoses saw that the people were out of control, for Aaron had let them run wild and become a laughingstock to their enemies.
WEBWhen Moses saw that the people were out of control, (for Aaron had let them lose control, causing derision among their enemies),
ASVAnd when Moses saw that the people were broken loose, (for Aaron had let them loose for a derision among their enemies,)
YLTAnd Moses seeth the people that it is unbridled, for Aaron hath made it unbridled for contempt among its withstanders,
DARBYAnd Moses saw the people how they were stripped; for Aaron had stripped them to their shame before their adversaries.
BBEAnd Moses saw that the people were out of control, for Aaron had let them loose to their shame before their haters:
WebsterAnd when Moses saw that the people were naked (for Aaron had made them naked to their shame, among their enemies:)

What does Exodus 32:25 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
25. naked--either unarmed and defenseless, or ashamed from a sense of guilt. Some think they were literally naked, as the Egyptians performed some of their rites in that indecent manner.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 25 Moses saw that the people were naked - They were stripped, says the Targum, of the holy crown that was upon their heads, on which the great and precious name Jehovah was engraved. But it is more likely that the word פרע parua implies that they were reduced to the most helpless and wretched state, being abandoned by God in the midst of their enemies. This is exactly similar to that expression, 2Chr 28:19 : For the Lord brought Judah low, because of Ahaz king of Israel: for he made Judah Naked, הפריע hiphria, and transgressed sore against the Lord. Their nakedness, therefore, though in the first sense it may imply that several of them were despoiled of their ornaments, yet it may also express their defenceless and abandoned state, in consequence of their sin. That they could not literally have all been despoiled of their ornaments, appears evident from their offerings. See Exo 36:21, etc.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 32:21-29

Never did any wise man make a more frivolous and foolish excuse than that of Aaron. We must never be drawn into sin by any thing man can say or do to us; for men can but tempt us to sin, they cannot force us. The approach of Moses turned the dancing into trembling. They were exposed to shame by their sin. The course Moses took to roll away this reproach, was, not by concealing the sin, or putting any false colour…

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Exodus 32:25 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיַּ֤רְאvai.Yar'and he sawH7200
מֹשֶׁה֙mo.ShehMosesH4872
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הָעָ֔םha.'Amthe peopleH5971
כִּ֥יkiforH3588
פָרֻ֖עַfa.Ru.a'[was] running wildH6544
ה֑וּאHu'itH1931
כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588
פְרָעֹ֣הfe.ra.'Ohhad let [it] run wild heH6544
אַהֲרֹ֔ן'a.ha.RonAaronH175
לְשִׁמְצָ֖הle.shim.Tzahfor derisionH8103
בְּקָמֵיהֶֽם\׃be.ka.mei.Hemamong [those who] rise against themH6965

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Exodus 32:25

  • Isaiah 47:3

    Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a man.

  • Micah 1:11

    Pass ye away, thou inhabitant of Saphir, having thy shame naked: the inhabitant of Zaanan came not forth in the mourning of Beth–ezel; he shall receive of you his standing.

  • Revelation 16:15

    Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.

  • Hosea 2:3

    Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst.

  • Ezekiel 16:63

    That thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord God.

  • Romans 6:21

    What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.

  • Deuteronomy 9:20

    And the Lord was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him: and I prayed for Aaron also the same time.

  • Exodus 33:4-6

    And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no man did put on him his ornaments. For the Lord had said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiffnecked people: I will come up into the midst of thee in a moment, and consume thee: therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee. And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments by the mount Horeb.

  • 2 Chronicles 28:19

    For the Lord brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel; for he made Judah naked, and transgressed sore against the Lord.

  • Daniel 12:2

    And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

  • Genesis 3:10

    And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.

  • Revelation 3:17-18

    Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
naked.The term naked may mean either that they were unarmed and defenceless, or ashamed from the consciousness of guilt.
33:4-6; Ge 3:10; Isa 47:3; Ho 2:3; Mic 1:11; Re 3:17,18; 16:15
Aaron.
De 9:20; 2Ch 28:19
shame.
Eze 16:63; Da 12:2; Ro 6:21
their enemies. Heb. those that rose up against them.

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Context

  • Exodus 32:24

    And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it off. So they gave it me: then I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf.

  • Exodus 32:25

    And when Moses saw that the people were naked; (for Aaron had made them naked unto their shame among their enemies:)

  • Exodus 32:26

    Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the Lord’s side? let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him.

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Exodus 32:25 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y viendo Moisés que el pueblo estaba despojado, porque Aarón lo había despojado para vergüenza entre sus enemigos,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et Moïse vit que le peuple était dans le désordre; car Aaron l’avait livré au désordre, pour leur honte parmi leurs adversaires.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und Mose sah das Volk, daß es zügellos war; denn Aaron hatte es zügellos gemacht, zum Gespött unter ihren Widersachern.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Videns ergo Moyses populum quod esset nudatus (spoliaverat enim eum Aaron propter ignominiam sordis, et inter hostes nudum constituerat),