“And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.”
They made a calf in Horeb and worshiped a molten image. The golden calf incident (Exodus 32) represents perhaps Israel's most egregious early rebellion, constituting idolatry at the very moment Moses receives the law on Sinai. The act occurs at 'Horeb,' the location of covenant-making, suggesting rebellion at the heart of covenantal relationship. This verse portrays Israel's fundamental violation: replacing the invisible God with a tangible idol.
Church Fathers on Psalms 106:18
1. This Psalm also has the title Allelujah prefixed to it: and this twice. But some say, that one Allelujah belongs to the end of the former Psalm, the other to the beginning of this. And they assert, that all the Psalms bearing this title have Allelujah at the end, but not all at the beginning; so that they will not allow any Psalm which has not Allelujah at the end, to have it at the beginning; supposing that what seems to belong to the commencement, really belongs to the…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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