'And it happened on the next day' means the duration of such worship right to the end of the Church. 'That Moses said to the people, You have committed a great sin' means a total turning away and alienation. 'And now I shall go up to Jehovah' means the raising of more internal things to the Lord. 'Perhaps I shall make expiation for your sin' means the possibility owing to the Lord's Divine Power for this to come about among those who have so turned themselves away. 'And Moses returned to Jehovah' means a joining together. 'And said, I implore You; this people has committed a great sin' means that even though that nation has completely turned away and removed itself from the Divine ... 'And they have made gods of gold for themselves' means, and they cultivate a hellish delight. 'And now, if You forgive their sin' means, nevertheless this turning away from the Divine will not be an impediment. 'And if not, blot me out, I beg You, from Your book which You have written' means that the internal side of the Word, the Church, and worship will not be destroyed. 'And Jehovah said, The one who has sinned against Me, I will blot him out of My book' means the reply, that they will be destroyed who turn themselves away from the Divine. 'And now, go! lead the people to what I have spoken of to you' means bringing this nation to represent the Church, and does not mean that the Church was to exist among them. 'Behold, My angel will go before you' means that Divine Truth will still be the leader. 'And on the day of My visitation I will visit their sin upon them' means their final state in particular and in general, when judgement takes place. 'And Jehovah struck the people' means the ruination of truth and good among the Israelite nation. 'Because they made the calf' means on account of the worship brought about by hellish love. 'Which Aaron made' means that it exists as a result of the external things which alone they love.

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