And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they are set on mischief.
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Interpretation
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.
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This thought runs through Exodus 32:21-24.