# Exodus 32 General Notes

### Structure and formatting

The events of this chapter occur while Moses spoke with God and therefore happen at the same time as the events in chapters 20-31.

Some translations set poetry farther to the right than the rest of the text to show that it is poetry. The ULB does this with the poetry in 32:18.

### Special concepts in this chapter

####Idolatry
The making of the golden calf was considered a form of idolatry. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])

## Links:

* __[Exodus 32:01 Notes](./01.md)__

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