Exodus:32:1-33
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And the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain .
And the people gathered to Aaron .
And they said to him ,
Rise up ,
make for us gods who may go before our face .
As for this Moses ,
the man who brought us up from the land of Egypt ,
we do not know what has become of him .
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And Aaron said to them ,
Break off the rings of gold which are in the ears of your wives ,
your sons and your daughters ;
and bring them to me .
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And all the people broke off the rings of gold in their ears ,
and they brought to Aaron .
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And he took them from their hand and formed it with an engraving tool .
And he made it a casted calf .
And they said ,
These are your gods ,
O Israel ,
who made you go up from the land of Egypt .
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And Aaron saw ,
and he built an altar before it .
And Aaron called and said ,
A feast to Jehovah tomorrow .
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And they rose early on the morrow ,
and they offered burnt offerings and brought near peace offerings .
And the people sat down to eat and drink ,
and rose up to play .
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And Jehovah spoke to Moses ,
Come ,
go down ,
for your people whom you caused to go up from Egypt are corrupted ;
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they have quickly turned off from the way which I commanded them ;
they have made for themselves a casted calf and have bowed to it ,
and have sacrificed to it .
And they have said ,
These are your gods ,
O Israel ,
who made you go up from the land of Egypt .
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And Jehovah said to Moses ,
I have seen this people ,
and ,
behold ,
it is a stiffnecked people .
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And now leave Me alone that My anger may glow against them ,
that I may consume them .
And I will make you a great nation .
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And Moses prayed before the face of Jehovah his God ,
and he said ,
Why ,
O Jehovah ,
does Your anger glow against Your people whom You caused to go up from the land of Egypt with great power ,
and with a mighty hand ?
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Why should the Egyptians say ,
For evil He has caused them to go up ,
to kill them in the mountains ,
and to consume them on the face of the earth ?
Turn from Your fierce anger and be moved to pity as to the evil to Your people .
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Remember Abraham ,
Isaac ,
and Israel ,
Your servants to whom You swore by Yourself ,
and You spoke to them ,
I will multiply your seed like the stars of the heavens ,
and all this land which I have said ,
I will give to your seed .
And they shall possess it forever .
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And Jehovah was moved to pity concerning the evil which He had spoken to do to His people .
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And Moses turned and went down from the mountain ,
the two tablets of the testimony in his hand ,
tablets written on their two sides ,
on this and on that side they were written .
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And the tablets were the work of God ,
and the writing was the writing of God ;
it was engraved on the tablets .
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And Joshua heard the voice of the people in their shouting .
And he said to Moses ,
A sound of war in the camp !
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And he said ,
It is not a sound of a cry of might ,
nor a sound of a cry of defeat ;
I am hearing the sound of singing .
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And it happened ,
as he came near to the camp and saw the calf and dances ,
the anger of Moses glowed .
And he threw the tablets from his hands ,
and he broke them below the mountain .
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And he took the calf which they had made and burned it with fire and ground it until it was fine ,
then he scattered it on the face of the water .
And he made the sons of Israel to drink it .
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And Moses said to Aaron ,
What has this people done to you that you have made to come on them a great sin ?
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And Aaron said ,
Let not anger of my lord glow .
You know the people ,
that it is in evil .
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And they said to me ,
Make for us gods who may go before us ;
as for Moses ,
the man who caused us to go up from the land of Egypt ,
we do not know what has become of him .
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And I said to them ,
Whoever has gold ,
let them break off .
And they gave to me ,
and I cast it into the fire ,
and this calf came out .
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And Moses saw the people ,
that it was unloosed ,
for Aaron had let it loose for a derision among their enemies .
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And Moses stood in the gate of the camp and said ,
Who is for Jehovah ?
Come to me !
And all the sons of Levi assembled to him .
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And he said to them ,
So says Jehovah ,
God of Israel ,
each one put his sword on his thigh ;
pass to and fro from gate to gate in the camp ,
and each one kill his brother ,
and each one his neighbor ,
and each one his kindred .
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And the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses .
And about three thousand men of the people fell on that day .
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And Moses said ,
Fill your hand today for Jehovah ,
since each one has been against his son and against his brother ,
and in order to give you a blessing today .
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And it happened on the morrow ,
Moses said to the people ,
You have sinned a great sin .
And now I will go up to Jehovah ;
perhaps I can make atonement for your sin .
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And Moses went back to Jehovah and said ,
Oh ,
this people has sinned a great sin ,
and they have made for themselves gods of gold .
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And now if You will ,
lift up their sin .
And if not ,
I pray ,
blot me out from Your book which You have written .
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And Jehovah said to Moses ,
Whoever has sinned against Me ,
I will blot him from My book .
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