11在出埃及三十二章,金环是从妻子、儿子、女儿的耳上摘下来,用来制造偶像,就是金牛犊。……人戴耳环是为了妆饰自己。今天的文化提倡自我妆饰,男男女女都花许多钱用于妆饰自己的东西上。……自我妆饰导致拜偶像。因这缘故,在三十三章五至六节,主赐给以色列人一条与妆饰有关的诫命:“耶和华对摩西说,……我只要片时在你们中间同你们上去,必会灭绝你们。现在你们要把身上的妆饰脱下来,我好知道怎样待你们。因此,以色列人从住何烈山以后,就把身上的妆饰摘除干净。”主颁布了关于妆饰的诫命,因为三十二章记载得很清楚,自我妆饰导致拜偶像。……偶像的原则就是自我妆饰(出埃及记生命读经,二一○八至二一○九页)。
11In Exodus 32 the gold rings were taken from the ears of the wives, the sons, and the daughters and used to make the idol, the golden calf. People put on earrings in order to beautify themselves. Today’s culture promotes selfbeautification. Men and women spend a great deal of money on items used to beautify themselves. Self-beautification leads to idolatry. This is the reason the Lord in 33:5 and 6 gave the children of Israel a commandment related to ornaments: “Now Jehovah had said to Moses, …If I were to go up in your midst for one moment, I would consume you. Now therefore put off your ornaments from you, and I will decide what to do to you. Thus the children of Israel were stripped of their ornaments from Mount Horeb onward.” The Lord issued this commandment concerning ornaments because, as the record of chapter 32 makes clear, self-beautification leads to idolatry…The principle of an idol is self-beautification. (Life-study of Exodus, pp. 1837-1838)