Ibn Ezra on Ki Sisa 32:29

English: AND MOSES SAID. Its meaning is, and Moshe already said to them. 133 Thug va-yomer is a pluperfect. Our verse literally reads, “Consecrate yourselves today to the Lord, every man against his son, and against his brother.” Logic dictates that Moshe said this to the Levites before they went out to slay the worshippers of the calf. It is similar to Then the Lord God formed (Gen. 2:7). 134 Which according to I.E. should be interpreted, and the Lord God had already formed. See I.E. on Gen. 2:7. There are many other such examples. 135 Of the use of the pluperfect in Scripture. [CONSECRATE.] The word milu (consecrate), which is in the kal , is grammatically irregular. It is sometimes transitive and