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Chapter 32 |
| 1 | And when the
people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people
gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods,
which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out
of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him. |
| 2 | And Aaron said
unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which are in the ears of your wives,
of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me. |
| 3 | And
all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and
brought them unto Aaron. |
| 4 | And he received them at their hand, and
fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they
said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of
Egypt. |
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And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron
made proclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to the LORD. |
| 6 | And
they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought
peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to
play. |
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And the LORD said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy
people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted
themselves: |
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| They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I
commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and
have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have
brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. |
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9 | And the LORD said unto
Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:
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| 10 | Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and
that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation. |
| 11 |
And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why doth thy wrath wax hot
against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with
great power, and with a mighty hand? |
| 12 | Wherefore should the
Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in
the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy
fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people. |
| 13 | Remember
Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own
self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven,
and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they
shall inherit it for ever. |
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14 | And the LORD repented of the evil
which he thought to do unto his people. |
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15 | And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony were in his hand: the
tables were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were
they written. |
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16 | And the tables were the work of God, and the
writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables. |
| 17 | And when
Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There
is a noise of war in the camp. |
| 18 | And he said, It is not the
voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry
for being overcome: but the noise of them that sing do I hear. |
| 19 | And
it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf,
and the dancing: and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his
hands, and brake them beneath the mount. |
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20 | And he took the calf which
they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it. |
| 21 | And
Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought
so great a sin upon them? |
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22 | And Aaron said, Let not the anger of
my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they are set on mischief.
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| 23 | For they said unto me, Make us gods, which shall go before us: for as
for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not
what is become of him. |
| 24 | And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any
gold, let them break it off. So they gave it me: then I cast it into the fire,
and there came out this calf. |
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25 | And when Moses saw that the people
were naked; (for Aaron had made them naked unto their shame among their
enemies:) |
| 26
| Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who
is on the LORD's side? let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered
themselves together unto him. |
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27 | And he said unto them, Thus saith the
LORD God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from
gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man
his companion, and every man his neighbor. |
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28 | And the children of
Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day
about three thousand men. |
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29 | For Moses had said, Consecrate
yourselves today to the LORD, even every man upon his son, and upon his
brother; that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day. |
| 30 | And it
came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people, Ye have sinned a
great sin: and now I will go up unto the LORD; peradventure I shall make an
atonement for your sin. |
| 31 | And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said,
Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold.
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| 32 | Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin--; and if not, blot me, I pray
thee, out of thy book which thou hast written. |
| 33 | And the LORD
said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my
book. |
| 34 |
Therefore now go, lead the people unto the place of which I
have spoken unto thee: behold, mine Angel shall go before thee: nevertheless in
the day when I visit I will visit their sin upon them. |
| 35 | And the LORD
plagued the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made. |
