Exodus: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 Yisra #
el #,
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 Yisra #
el #,
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 qasheh #
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 Yisra #
el #,
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 strawed 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 LORDS 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 Yisra #
el #,
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 .
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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 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 .
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And it came to pass on the morrow ,
that Moses said unto the people ,
Ye have sinned a great sin chata #
ah #:
and now I will go up unto the LORD ;
peradventure I shall make an atonement for your sin chatta #
ah #.
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And Moses returned unto the LORD ,
and said ,
Oh ,
this people have sinned a great sin chata #
ah #,
and have made them gods of gold .
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Yet now ,
if thou wilt forgive their sin chatta #
ah #;
and if not ,
blot me ,
I pray thee ,
out of thy book which thou hast written .
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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 .