Exodus:32:1-33
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Now when the people saw that Moses delayed coming down from the mountain ,
the people gathered together to Aaron ,
and said to him , "
Come ,
make us gods that shall go before us ;
for as for this Moses ,
the man who brought us up out of 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 golden earrings which are in the ears of your wives ,
your sons ,
and your daughters ,
and bring them to me ."
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So all the people broke off the golden earrings which were in their ears ,
and brought them to Aaron .
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And he received the gold from their hand ,
and he fashioned it with an engraving tool ,
and made a molded calf .
Then they said , "
This is your god ,
O Israel ,
that brought you out of the land of Egypt !"
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So when Aaron saw it ,
he built an altar before it .
And Aaron made a proclamation and said , "
Tomorrow is a feast to the LORD ."
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Then they rose early on the next day ,
offered burnt offerings ,
and brought peace offerings ;
and the people sat down to eat and drink ,
and rose up to play .
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And the LORD said to Moses , "
Go ,
get down !
For your people whom you brought 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 themselves a molded calf ,
and worshiped it and sacrificed to it ,
and said , "
This is your god ,
O Israel ,
that brought you out of the land of Egypt !"'
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And the LORD said to Moses , "
I have seen this people ,
and indeed it is a stiff-necked people !
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Now therefore ,
let Me alone ,
that My wrath may burn hot against them and I may consume them .
And I will make of you a great nation ."
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Then Moses pleaded with the LORD his God ,
and said : "
LORD ,
why does Your wrath burn hot against Your people whom You have brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand ?
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Why should the Egyptians speak ,
and say , "
He brought them out to harm them ,
to kill them in the mountains ,
and to consume them from the face of the earth '?
Turn from Your fierce wrath ,
and relent from this harm to Your people .
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Remember Abraham ,
Isaac ,
and Israel ,
Your servants ,
to whom You swore by Your own self ,
and said to them , "
I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven ;
and all this land that I have spoken of I give to your descendants ,
and they shall inherit it forever ."'
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So the LORD relented from the harm which He said He would do to His people .
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And Moses turned and went down from the mountain ,
and the two tablets of the Testimony were in his hand .
The tablets were written on both sides ;
on the one side and on the other they were written .
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Now the tablets were the work of God ,
and the writing was the writing of God engraved on the tablets .
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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 ."
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But he said : "
It is not the noise of the shout of victory ,
Nor the noise of the cry of defeat ,
But the sound of singing I hear ."
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So it was ,
as soon as he came near the camp ,
that he saw the calf and the dancing .
So Moses '
anger became hot ,
and he cast the tablets out of his hands and broke them at the foot of the mountain .
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Then he took the calf which they had made ,
burned it in the fire ,
and ground it to powder ;
and he scattered it on the water and made the children of Israel drink it .
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And Moses said to Aaron , "
What did this people do to you that you have brought so great a sin upon them ?"
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So Aaron said , "
Do not let the anger of my lord become hot .
You know the people ,
that they are set on evil .
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For they said to me , "
Make us gods that shall go before us ;
as for this Moses ,
the man who brought us out of the land of Egypt ,
we do not know what has become of him .'
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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 this calf came out ."
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Now when Moses saw that the people were unrestrained (
for Aaron had not restrained them ,
to their shame among their enemies ),
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then Moses stood in the entrance of the camp ,
and said , "
Whoever is on the LORD '
s side--come to me !"
And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together to him .
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And he said to them , "
Thus says the LORD God of Israel : "
Let every man put his sword on his side ,
and go in and out from entrance to entrance throughout the camp ,
and let every man kill his brother ,
every man his companion ,
and every man his neighbor ."'
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So the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses .
And about three thousand men of the people fell that day .
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Then Moses said , "
Consecrate yourselves today to the LORD ,
that He may bestow on you a blessing this day ,
for every man has opposed his son and his brother ."
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Now it came to pass on the next day that Moses said to the people , "
You have committed a great sin .
So now I will go up to the LORD ;
perhaps I can make atonement for your sin ."
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Then Moses returned to the LORD and said , "
Oh ,
these people have committed a great sin ,
and have made for themselves a god of gold !
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Yet now ,
if You will forgive their sin--but if not ,
I pray ,
blot me out of Your book which You have written ."
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And the LORD said to Moses , "
Whoever has sinned against Me ,
I will blot him out of My book .
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