Exodus:32

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* And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mount , the people gathered themselves together to Aaron , and said to him , Up , make gods for us , which shall go before us . For as for this Moses , the man that brought * And Aaron said to them , Break off the golden rings , which are in the ears of your wives , of your sons , and of your daughters , and bring them to me . * And all the people broke off the golden rings which were in their ears , and brought them to Aaron . * And he received it at their hand , and fashioned it with a graving tool , and made it a molten calf . And they said , These are thy gods , O Israel , which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt . * And when Aaron saw [this ], he built an altar before it . And Aaron made proclamation , and said , Tomorrow shall be a feast to LORD . * 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 revel . * And LORD spoke to Moses , Go , get thee down . For thy people , that thou brought up out of the land of Egypt , have corrupted themselves . * They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them . They have made for them a molten calf , and have worshipped it , and have sacrificed to it , and said , These are thy gods , O Israel , which brought thee up out of th * And LORD said to Moses , I have seen this people , and , behold , it is a stiff-necked people . * Now therefore let me alone , that my wrath may grow hot against them , and that I may consume them . And I will make of thee a great nation . * And Moses besought LORD his God , and said , LORD , why does thy wrath grow hot against thy people , whom thou have brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand ? * Why should the Egyptians speak , saying , He brought them forth for evil , to kill them on the mountains , and to consume them from the face of the earth ? Turn from thy fierce wrath , and relent of this evil against thy people . * Remember Abraham , Isaac , and Israel , thy servants , to whom thou swore by thine own self , and said to them , I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven . And all this land that I have spoken of I will give to your seed , and they * And LORD relented of the evil which he said he would do to his people . * And Moses turned , and went down from the mount , with the two tablets of the testimony in his hand , tablets that were written on both their sides ; on the one side and on the other were they written . * And the tablets were the work of God , and the writing was the writing of God , engraved upon the tablets . * And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted , he said to Moses , There is a noise of war in the camp . * And he said , It is not the voice of those who shout for mastery , neither is it the voice of those who cry for being overcome , but the noise of those who sing do I hear . * And it came to pass , as soon as he came near to the camp , that he saw the calf and the dancing . And Moses ' anger grew hot , and he cast the tablets out of his hands , and broke them beneath the mount . * And he took the calf which they had made , and burnt it with fire , and ground it to powder , and scattered it upon the water , and made the sons of Israel drink of it . * And Moses said to Aaron , What did this people do to thee , that thou have brought a great sin upon them ? * And Aaron said , Let not the anger of my lord grow hot . Thou know the people , that they are [set ] on evil . * For they said to me , Make gods for us , which shall go before us . For as for this Moses , the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt , we know not what has become of him . * And I said to them , Whoever has any gold , let them break it off . So they gave it to me , and I cast it into the fire , and there came out this calf . * And when Moses saw that the people were broken loose , (for Aaron had let them loose for a derision among their enemies ,) * then Moses stood in the gate of the camp , and said , Whoever is on LORD 's side , [come ] to me . And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together to him . * And he said to them , Thus says LORD , the God of Israel , Put ye every man his sword upon his thigh , and go to and fro from gate to gate throughout the camp , and slay every man his brother , and every man his companion , and every man * And the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses . And there fell of the people that day about three thousand men . * And Moses said , Consecrate yourselves today to LORD , yea , every man against his son , and against his brother , that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day . * And it came to pass on the morrow , that Moses said to the people , Ye have sinned a great sin . And now I will go up to LORD , perhaps I shall make atonement for your sin . * And Moses returned to LORD , and said , Oh , this people have sinned a great sin , and have made gods of gold for them . * Yet now , if thou will forgive their sin --, and if not , blot me , I pray thee , out of thy book which thou have written . * And LORD said to Moses , Whoever has sinned against me , him will I blot out of my book . * And now go , lead the people to [the place ] of which I have spoken to thee . Behold , my [heavenly ] agent shall go before thee . Nevertheless in the day when I visit , I will visit their sin upon them . * And LORD smote the people , because they made the calf , which Aaron made .

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