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Ibn Ezra on Exodus 34:17/אבן עזרא על שמות ל״ד:י״ז
אוטעם אלהי מסכה. ומלת אלהי הגוים כוללת בעבור עגל מסכה:
1[MOLTEN GODS.] The phrase “the gods of the nations” takes in all idol worship.169. Scripture thus prohibits worshipping the gods of the nations. Now the term gods includes all gods. The question thus arises: Why does the earlier section speak of gods and our section of molten gods? The reason our verse reads molten gods is because of the golden calf.