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When Moses came down from the Mount, he found the people worshipping
the golden calves Aaron had made.

1. What did YEHOVAH God threaten to do because of Israel’s sins? Exodus
32:33.

COMMENT: Here YEHOVAH God tells Moses that He would blot the names
of those who did this out of “His Book”. We must note that this was not
expressly for sexual intercourse with foreigners; rather it was for worshipping
the “gods of gold” as being foreigners’ gods.

This word "Book” is used in many general ways in the Bible, such as mathe-
matical activity, scribal traditions, legal documents, and official letters. It is al-
so found as being records, such as, “The book of the wars of the LORD”, “The
book of Jasher”, “The book of the generations of Adam” and “The Book of the
Covenant”. It is also used of genealogical records. But there is one special
“Book”. In the KJV of the Old Testament, there is only one passage with ref-
erence to “My Book” and three to “Thy Book”, besides that which we have
seen in Psalm 139.

2. Read verses 32 and 33 of Exodus 32.

COMMENT: These verses are in the form of a conversation between
YEHOVAH God and Moses. The context of Exodus 32 is about those who
were sinning against YEHOVAH God in a particular way. The “Book” refers
to one particular “Book” among other books. From Psalm 139 that we
have studied so far, we see this “Book” contains information about each
person before they are born. Today we have discovered that this is found to
be each person’s individual DNA. The offspring of Israel inherit their genetic
code from their parents. As an Israelite can be blotted out of YEHOVAH’s
Book, we need to be sure whether or not it is just for miscegenation, or that
plus idolatry, or just for idolatry.

At first glance it might appear that any sin would cause Israelites to be blotted
out in the sentence, “Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out
of MY BOOK”. Here we need to look at the context to see if any one particular
sin is being referred to, because it is clear that there are other sins that can be
forgiven. We will see the blotting out is for the idolatry that follows from
race mixing.

3. What was the sin of the Israelites camped at the base of Mount Sinai? Ex-

odus 32:8.

COMMENT: In Exodus 32 where this passage comes from, the particular sin

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