Exodus 32:2-3

The Golden Calf

² So Aaron said to them, "Take off the _y rings of gold that are in the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to me." ³ So all the people took off the rings of gold that were in their ears and brought them to Aaron.

Cross References
Exodus 12:35 - 36
The people of Israel had also done as Moses told them, for they had asked the Egyptians for silver and gold jewelry and for clothing.
Judges 8:24 - 27
And Gideon said to them, "Let me make a request of you: every one of you give me the earrings from his spoil." (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.)

Matthew Henry Concise

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Exodus 32:2

Strong's Concordance

Exodus 32:2

And AaronH175 saidH559 unto them, Break offH6561 the goldenH2091 earrings,H5141 which are in the earsH241 of your wives,H802 of your sons,H1121 and of your daughters,H1323 and bringH935 them unto me.

Notes

Exodus 32:2 - 3

So Aaron said to them, "Take off the rings of gold that are in the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to me. So all the people took off the rings of gold that were in their ears and brought them to Aaron. ...

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