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Chapter 32
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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. |
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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. |
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And all the people brake off the golden earrings which
were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron. |
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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. |
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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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And the LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this people,
and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people: |
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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. |
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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? |
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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. |
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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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And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to
do unto his people. |
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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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And the tables were the work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven upon the tables. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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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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. |
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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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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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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. |
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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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And when Moses saw that the people were naked; (for Aaron
had made them naked unto their shame among their enemies:) |
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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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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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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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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. |
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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. |
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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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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
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And the LORD said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against
me, him will I blot out of my book. |
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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. |
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And the LORD plagued the people, because they made the
calf, which Aaron made. |
