Exodus:32

---

Seeker Overlay ON

* 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 , Rise 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 know not what is become of him . * 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 . * Then all the people broke off the golden earrings which [were ] in their ears and brought [them ] unto Aaron , * who took them from their hands and fashioned it with a graving tool and made of it a molten calf . Then they said , These [are ] thy gods , O Israel , which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt . * And seeing this , Aaron built an altar before the [calf ]; and Aaron made [a ] proclamation and said , Tomorrow [shall be ] a feast unto the LORD . * And they rose up early on the next day and offered burnt offerings and brought peace offerings ; and the people sat down to eat and to drink and rose up to play . * Then the LORD said unto Moses , Go , descend ; for thy people , which thou didst bring 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 themselves a molten calf and have worshipped it and have sacrificed unto it and said , These [are ] thy gods , O Israel , which have brought thee up out of [the ] land of Egypt . * The LORD further said unto Moses , I have seen this people , and for certain it [is ] a stiffnecked people . * Now therefore let me alone that my wrath may wax hot in them and consume them ; and I will put thee over [a ] great nation . * Then Moses grieved before the LORD his God and said , LORD , why shall 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 ? * Why should the Egyptians speak and say , For evil did he bring them out , to slay them in the mountains and to consume them from upon the face of the earth ? Turn from thy fierce wrath and repent of the evil of thy people . * Remember Abraham , Isaac , and Israel , thy servants , to whom thou didst sware by thine own self and hast said 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 take it for inheritance for ever . * Then the LORD repented of the evil which he said should be done unto his people . * 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 . * And the tables [were ] the work of God , and the writing [was ] the writing of God , graven upon the tables . * And Joshua , hearing the noise of the people as they shouted , said unto Moses , [There is ] a noise of war in the camp . * And he answered , [It is ] not the voice of [those that ] shout for mastery , neither [is it ] the voice of [those that ] cry for being overcome , [but ] the noise of [those that ] sing that I hear . * And it came to pass as soon as he came near unto the camp and he saw the calf and the dances , anger caused Moses to wax hot , and he cast the tables out of his hands and broke them at the foot of the mount . * And he took the calf which they had made and burnt [it ] in the fire and ground [it ] to powder and scattered [it ] upon the waters and made the sons of Israel drink [it ]. * And Moses said unto Aaron , What did this people [do ] unto thee that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them ? * And Aaron answered , Let not the anger of my lord wax hot ; thou knowest the people that they [are inclined ] to evil . * 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 do not know what is become of him . * And I answered unto them , Whoever has any gold , let them break [it ] off . So they gave [it to ] me and I cast it into the fire , and this calf came out . * And when Moses saw that the people [were ] naked (for Aaron had made them naked unto [their ] shame among their enemies ), * Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp and said , Who [is ] on the LORD 'S side ? [Come ] unto me . And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him . * And he said unto them , Thus hath the LORD God of Israel said , Put every man his sword by his side [and ] go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp and slay each one his brother and his companion and his neighbour . * And the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses , and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men . * Then Moses had said , Today you have consecrated yourselves to the LORD , for each one [has consecrated ] in his son and in his brother , that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day . * And it came to pass on the next day that Moses said unto the people , Ye have sinned a great sin , but now I will go up unto the LORD ; peradventure I shall make reconciliation for your sin . * Then Moses returned unto the LORD and said , I pray thee , [for ], this people [who ] have sinned a great sin and have made themselves gods of gold , * that thou wilt forgive their sin ; and if not , blot me now out of thy book which thou hast written . * And the LORD answered unto Moses , Whoever has sinned against me , this one will [I ] blot out of my book . * Therefore go now , lead the people unto [the place ] of which I have spoken unto thee ; behold , my Angel shall go before thee ; nevertheless in the day of my visitation [I ] will visit their sin in them . * And the LORD smote the people because they had made the calf , which Aaron formed .:

---