Exodus 32:20 (WEB)
He took the calf which they had made, and burned it with fire, ground it to powder, and scattered it on the water, and made the children of Israel drink it.
Catechism · 1
From this intimacy with the faithful God, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, Moses drew strength and determination for his intercession. He does not pray for himself but for the people whom God made his own.
Fathers and councils · 5
Augustine of Hippo
“Therefore perhaps that calf, being ground to powder, was cast into the water and given to the children of Israel to drink, that so the body of ungodliness might be swallowed up by Israel.” — editor's note: Exod. xxxii. 20.
Read the whole comment“For Moses ground down the calf’s head, and sprinkled it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink it.” — editor's note: Exod. xxxii. 20.
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Tertullian
“Even then (we find) gold is food for the fire.” — editor's note: Ex. xxxii. 20.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“…That searcheth and knoweth all things, not destroyed in the waters, nor scattered abroad as the calf’s head which was hastily made by Israel was by Moses, for a reproach for their hardness of heart.” — editor's note: Exod. xxxii. 20.
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Ephrem the Syrian
“For Moses ground to powder the calf and caused them to drink it in the water of ordeal; that by drinking of the calf all those who were living for its worship might die.” — editor's note: Exod. xxxii. 20.
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