Matthew Poole and continuators on Exodus 32:25

25 And when Moses saw that the people were naked (for Aaron had made them naked unto their shame amongst † their enemies )

(i. e.) That they were stripped both of their ornament, which was not so much the jewels of their ears, as the innocency of their minds and lives, and of their defence, to wit, of the favor[illegible: 1+ letters] and protection of God, by which alone they were secured from the Egyptians, and were to be defended against those many and mighty enemies towards whom they were about to march, and that being thus disarmed and helpless they would be a prey to every enemy; when Moses considered this, he took the following course to cover their nakedness, to expiate their sins, to regain the favour of God, and by punishing the most eminent and incorrigible offenders to bring the rest to repentance.

As Ahaz is said to have made Iudah naked, 2 Chron. 28. 19.

Quest. How were they made naked or ashamed amongst their enemies when at this time they were in their own camp, remote from all their enemies? Ans. He speaks not only of their present shame, but of their everlasting reproach, especially among their and Gods enemies, who being constant to their idols would justly scorn the Israelites for their levity in forsaking their God so quickly and easily. See Ier. 2. 11. But the Hebrew word may be and is by some translated thus, amongst those that do or shall rise up or be born of them, i. e. that shall succeed them, for so the word rising is used Exod. 1. 8. Mat. 11. 11. And so the Chaldee here renders it, amongst their generations, and the other Chaldee interpreter and the Syriack, in their latter days, or in after times. So the sence is, That Aaron had put a note of perpetual infamy upon them even to all after ages.

Marginal references: * Heb. those that rose up against them.