And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt [it] in the fire, and ground [it] to powder, and strawed [it] upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink [of it].
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Il prit le veau qu'ils avaient fait, et le brûla au feu; il le réduisit en poudre, répandit cette poudre à la surface de l'eau, et fit boire les enfants d'Israël.
KJV
And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt [it] in the fire, and ground [it] to powder, and strawed [it] upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink [of it].
Philo Judaeus
De Posteritate Caini
μόσχον κατέκαυσε πυρὶ καὶ κατήλεσε λεπτὸν καὶ ἔσπειρεν ἐπὶ τὸ ὕδωρ, καὶ ἐπότισε τοὺς υἱοὺς Ἰσραήλ“ (Exod. 32,20). ὁ γὰρ φιλάρετος ὑπὸ τῆς αὐγοειδοῦς τοῦ καλοῦ φαντασίας πυρωθεὶς καταφλέγει τὰς σωματικὰς ἡδονάς, εἶτα κατακόπτει καὶ ἐπιλεαίνει τῷ ἀπὸ διαιρέσεως λόγῳ χρώμενος, καὶ δ…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
He is seen by us in His essence. On the contrary, It is written, "Man shall not see Me, and live" ( Ex. 32:20 ), and a gloss upon this says, "In this mortal life God can be seen by certain images, but not by the likeness itself of His own nature." I answer that, God cannot be see…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 178 (Migne)
am humana dicenda sit. Scriptum quippe est, Domino ad Moysen dicente: Non videbit me homo, et vivet (Exod. XXXII, 20) . Et Psalmista de ipsa visione Divinitatis jam securus, ad Deum loquitur: Satiabor cum apparuerit gloria tua (Psal. XVI, 15) . Hic vero Stephanus non solum human…
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