Exodus:32:1-33
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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 for us gods ,
who shall go before us ,
for ,
as for this Mosesthe man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt ,
we know not what hath befallen him .
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And Aaron said unto them ,
Break off the rings of gold ,
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 of themselves brake off the rings of gold which were in their ears ,
and brought them unto Aaron .
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And he received 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 ,
who 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 ,
A festival to Yahweh ,
to-morrow !
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So they rose up early ,
on the morrow ,
and offered ascending-sacrifices ,
and brought near peace-offerings ,
and the people sat down ,
to eat and to drink ,
and then rose upto make sport !
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Then spake Yahweh unto Moses Go get thee down ,
for thy people whom thou hast brought up 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 for themselvesa molten calf ,
and have bowed themselves down thereto mad have sacrificed thereto ,
and have said .
These ,
are thy gods ,
O Israel ,
who have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt .
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So then Yahweh said unto Moses ,
I have looked on this people ,
and lo !
a stiff-necked people ,
it is .
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Now ,
therefore ,
let me alone ,
that mine anger may kindle upon them and that I may consume them ,
and may make of thee
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And Moses besought the face of Yahweh his God ,
and said Wherefore ,
O Yahweh ,
should thine anger kindle upon thy people ,
whom thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great might and with a firm hand ?
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Wherefore should the Egyptians speak saying For mischief ,
hath he taken them forth to slay them among the mountains ,
and to make an end of them from off the face of the ground ?
Turn thou from the kindling of thine anger ,
and be grieved over the calamity to thy people ,
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Have remembrance of Abraham ,
of Isaac and of Israel thy servants to whom thou didst swear by thyself ,
and didst speak unto them saying ,
I will multiply your seed ,
as the stars of the heavens ,
and ,
all this land of which I have spoken ,
will I give to your seed ,
and they shall inherit it to times age-abiding .
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So then Yahweh was grieved ,
over the calamitywhich he had spoken of inflicting on his people .
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And Moses turned and went down out of the mount ,
with the two tables of testimony in his hand ,
tables written upon on both sides of them ,
on this and on that ,
were they written .
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Now as for ,
the tables ,
the work of God ,
they were ,
and ,
as for the writing ,
the writing of God ,
it was ,
graven upon the tables .
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And Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted ,
so he said unto Moses The noise of war ,
in the camp !
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But he said Not the noise of the cry of heroism ,
nor yet the noise of the cry of defeat ,
the noise of alternate song ,
do I hear .
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And it came to pass when he drew near unto the camp ,
and saw the calf ,
and the dancings ,
that the anger of Moses kindled ,
and he cast out of his hands the tables ,
and brake them in pieces at the foot of the mountain .
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Then took he the calf which they had made and burned it in the fire ,
and ground it till it became powder ,
and strewed it on the face of the waters ,
and made the sons of Israel drink .
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And Moses said unto Aaron ,
What had this people done to thee ,
that thou shouldst have brought upon them a great sin ?
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And Aaron said ,
Let not the anger of my lord kindle ,
thou thyself ,
knowest the people ,
that ready for mischief ,
they are .
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So they said to me Make for us gods ,
who shall go before us ,
for ,
as for this ,
Mosesthe man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt ,
we know not what hath befallen him .
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And I said to them Whosoever hath gold let them break it off ,
So they gave it to me ,
and I cast it into the fire ,
and there came outthis calf .
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And Moses saw the people ,
that unbridled ,
they were ,
for Aaron had given them the rein ,
for a whispering ,
among their enemies .
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So Moses took his stand in the gate of the camp ,
and said Who is for Yahweh ?
To me !
Then gathered unto him all the sons of Levi ,
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And he said to them Thus ,
saith Yahweh ,
God of Israel ,
Put ye every man his sword upon his thigh ,
pass through and return from gate to gate in the camp ,
and slay ye every man his brother and every man his friend and every man his neighbour .
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So the sons of Levi did ,
according to the word of Moses ,
and there fell from among the people on that day ,
about three thousand men .
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And Moses said Install yourselves to-day ,
unto Yahweh ,
yea every man for his son and for his brother ,
so will he bestow upon you to-day ,
a blessing .
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And it came to pass ,
on the morrow ,
that Moses said unto the people ,
Ye ,
have sinned a great sin ,
Now ,
therefore ,
I must go up unto Yahweh ,
Peradventure ,
I may make a propitiatory-covering for your sin .
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So Moses returned unto Yahweh ,
and said ,
Oh now ,
this people hath sinned a great sin ,
and they have made for themselvesgods of gold .
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Now ,
therefore ,
if thou wilt forgive their sin ,
but if not ,
blot me I pray thee out of thy book ,
which thou hast written ,
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And Yahweh said unto Moses ,
Him who hath sinned against me ,
must I blot out of my book .
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