Exodus 32 · Verse 5

Exodus 32:5

And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to the Lord.
Exodus 32:5, King James Version

Exodus 32:5 in other translations

BSBWhen Aaron saw this, he built an altar before the calf and proclaimed: “Tomorrow shall be a feast to the LORD.”
WEBWhen Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made a proclamation, and said, “Tomorrow shall be a feast to the LORD.”
ASVAnd when Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To-morrow shall be a feast to Jehovah.
YLTAnd Aaron seeth, and buildeth an altar before it, and Aaron calleth, and saith, ‘A festival to Jehovah--to-morrow;'
DARBYAnd Aaron saw it, and built an altar before it; and Aaron made a proclamation, and said, To-morrow is a feast to Jehovah!
BBEAnd when Aaron saw this, he made an altar before it, and made a public statement, saying, Tomorrow there will be a feast to the Lord.
WebsterAnd when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To-morrow is a feast to the LORD.

What does Exodus 32:5 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 32:5-6
5-6. Aaron made proclamation, and said, To-morrow is a feast to the Lord--a remarkable circumstance, strongly confirmatory of the view that they had not renounced the worship of Jehovah, but in accordance with Egyptian notions, had formed an image with which they had been familiar, to be the visible symbol of the divine presence. But there seems to have been much of the revelry that marked the feasts of the heathen.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 5 To-morrow is a feast to the Lord - In Bengal the officiating Brahmin, or an appointed person proclaims, "To-morrow, or on - day of - , such a ceremony will be performed!"

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 32:1-6

While Moses was in the mount, receiving the law from God, the people made a tumultuous address to Aaron. This giddy multitude were weary of waiting for the return of Moses. Weariness in waiting betrays to many temptations. The Lord must be waited for till he comes, and waited for though he tarry. Let their readiness to part with their ear-rings to make an idol, shame our niggardliness in the service of the true God…

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Exodus 32:5 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.

וַיַּ֣רְאvai.Yar'and he sawH7200
אַהֲרֹ֔ן'a.ha.RonAaronH175
וַיִּ֥בֶןvai.Yi.venand he builtH1129
מִזְבֵּ֖חַmiz.Be.achan altarH4196
לְפָנָ֑יוle.fa.Nav<to> before itH6440
וַיִּקְרָ֤אvai.yik.Ra'and he calledH7121
אַֽהֲרֹן֙'a.ha.RonAaronH175
וַיֹּאמַ֔רvai.yo.Marand he saidH559
חַ֥גchaga festivalH2282
לַיהוָ֖הla.Yah.wehof YahwehH3068
מָחָֽר\׃ma.Char[will be] tomorrowH4279

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

Cross references for Exodus 32:5

  • 2 Kings 10:20

    And Jehu said, Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal. And they proclaimed it.

  • Leviticus 23:37

    These are the feasts of the Lord, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord, a burnt offering, and a meat offering, a sacrifice, and drink offerings, every thing upon his day:

  • Leviticus 23:2

    Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of the Lord, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my feasts.

  • 2 Chronicles 30:5

    So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beer–sheba even to Dan, that they should come to keep the passover unto the Lord God of Israel at Jerusalem: for they had not done it of a long time in such sort as it was written.

  • Hosea 8:11

    Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin.

  • Hosea 8:14

    For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.

  • Leviticus 23:4

    These are the feasts of the Lord, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons.

  • Leviticus 23:21

    And ye shall proclaim on the selfsame day, that it may be an holy convocation unto you: ye shall do no servile work therein: it shall be a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.

  • 2 Kings 16:11

    And Urijah the priest built an altar according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus: so Urijah the priest made it against king Ahaz came from Damascus.

  • 1 Kings 12:32-33

    And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Beth–el, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Beth–el the priests of the high places which he had made. So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Beth–el the fifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised of his own heart; and ordained a feast unto the children of Israel: and he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense.

  • 1 Samuel 14:35

    And Saul built an altar unto the Lord: the same was the first altar that he built unto the Lord.

  • 1 Corinthians 5:8

    Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Aaron.
1Sa 14:35; 2Ki 16:11; Ho 8:11,14
made proclamation.
Le 23:2,4,21,37; 1Ki 21:9; 2Ki 10:20; 2Ch 30:5
a feast.
4; 10:9; 12:14; 1Ki 12:32,33; 1Co 5:8

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Context

  • Exodus 32:4

    And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

  • Exodus 32:5

    And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to the Lord.

  • Exodus 32:6

    And 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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Exodus 32:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y viendo esto Aarón, edificó un altar delante del becerro; y pregonó Aarón, y dijo: Mañana será fiesta á Jehová.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et Aaron vit le veau, et bâtit un autel devant lui; et Aaron cria, et dit: Demain, une fête à l’ Éternel!
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und als Aaron es sah, baute er einen Altar vor ihm; und Aaron rief aus und sprach: Ein Fest dem Jehova ist morgen!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Quod cum vidisset Aaron, ædificavit altare coram eo, et præconis voce clamavit dicens: Cras solemnitas Domini est.