EX-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.
EX-32:2 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.
EX-32:3 And all the people brake off the golden earrings which
[were] in
their ears, and brought [them] unto Aaron.
EX-32:4 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.
EX-32:5 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.
EX-32:6 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.
EX-32:7 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]:
EX-32:8 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.
EX-32:9 And the LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this people,
and, behold,
it [is] a stiffnecked people:
EX-32:10 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.
EX-32:11 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?
EX-32:12 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.
EX-32:13 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.
EX-32:14 And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to
do unto his
people.
EX-32:15 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.
EX-32:16 And the tables [were] the work of God, and the writing
[was] the
writing of God, graven upon the tables.
EX-32:17 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.
EX-32:18 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.
EX-32:19 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.
EX-32:20 And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt
[it] in the
fire, and ground [it] to powder, and strowed [it] upon the water,
and made the
children of Israel drink [of it].
EX-32:21 And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto
thee, that thou
hast brought so great a sin upon them?
EX-32:22 And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot:
thou knowest
the people, that they [are set] on mischief.
EX-32:23 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.
EX-32:24 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.
EX-32:25 And when Moses saw that the people [were] naked; (for
Aaron had made
them naked unto [their] shame among their enemies:)
EX-32:26 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.
EX-32:27 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 neighbour.
EX-32:28 And the children of Levi did according to the word of
Moses: and
there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.
EX-32:29 For Moses had said, Consecrate yourselves to day to
the LORD, even
every man upon his son, and upon his brother; that he may bestow
upon you a
blessing this day.
EX-32:30 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.
EX-32:31 And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Oh, this
people have
sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold.
EX-32:32 Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin--; and if not,
blot me, I
pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.
EX-32:33 And the LORD said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned
against me, him
will I blot out of my book.
EX-32:34 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.
EX-32:35 And the LORD plagued the people, because they made the
calf, which
Aaron made.
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