Exo 32:6 | Clarke | e4.org | Verse 6. The people sat down to eat and to drink ] The burnt-offerings were wholly consumed; the peace-offerings, when the blood bad been poured out, became the food of the priests, &c. When therefore the strictly religious part of these ceremonies was finished, the people sat down to eat of the peace-offerings , and this they did merely as the idolaters , eating and drinking to excess. And it appears they went much farther, for it is said they rose up to play , letsachek , a word of ominous import, which seems to imply here fornicating and adulterous intercourse; and in some countries the verb to play is still used precisely in this sense. In this sense the original is evidently used, .

‏ Exodus 32:6

Verse 6. The people sat down to eat and to drink] The burnt-offerings were wholly consumed; the peace-offerings, when the blood bad been poured out, became the food of the priests, &c. When therefore the strictly religious part of these ceremonies was finished, the people sat down to eat of the peace-offerings, and this they did merely as the idolaters, eating and drinking to excess. And it appears they went much farther, for it is said they rose up to play, letsachek, a word of ominous import, which seems to imply here fornicating and adulterous intercourse; and in some countries the verb to play is still used precisely in this sense. In this sense the original is evidently used, Ge 39:14.