21 He said to Aaron, "What did these people do to you, that you led them into such great sin?"
21 And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them?
21 And Moses said to Aaron, "What did this people do to you that you have brought such a great sin upon them?"
21 Moses said to Aaron, "What on Earth did these people ever do to you that you involved them in this huge sin?"
21 And Moses said to Aaron, "What did this people do to you that you have brought so great a sin upon them?"
21 Finally, he turned to Aaron and demanded, "What did these people do to you to make you bring such terrible sin upon them?"
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Exodus 32:21
Commentary on Exodus 32:21-29
(Read 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 upon it, but by punishing it. The Levites were to slay the ringleaders in this wickedness; yet none were executed but those who openly stood forth. Those are marked for ruin who persist in sin: those who in the morning were shouting and dancing, before night were dying. Such sudden changes do the judgments of the Lord sometimes make with sinners that are secure and jovial in their sin.