Ramban on Ki Sisa 32:2

English: PULL OFF THE GOLDEN RINGS. He selected gold and not silver, because gold indicates the attribute of justice, its appearance being as the appearance of fire , 286 Ezekiel 1:27. just as the Rabbis have said, 287 Yoma 45a. The Biblical expression (gold of parvaim ) is found in II Chronicles 3:6. “gold of parvayim , gold which is like the blood of bullocks.” It is for this reason that the House where the sacrifices were brought was made wholly of gold, as also the altar of incense 288 Above, 30:3. and the cherubim, 289 Ibid. , 25:18. and the Rabbis have interpreted [the verses to mean] 290 Mechilta ibid. , 20:23. that “if they made them of silver [and not of gold] they are like gods of silver an