Exodus:32:1-33
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When the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain ,
the people gathered themselves together to Aaron ,
and said to him , "
Up ,
make us gods ,
who shall go before us ;
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 , "
Take 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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So all the people took off the rings of gold which were in their ears ,
and brought them to Aaron .
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And he received the gold at their hand ,
and fashioned it with a graving tool ,
and made a molten calf ;
and they said , "
These are your gods ,
O Israel ,
who brought you up out of the land of Egypt !"
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When Aaron saw this ,
he built an altar before it ;
and Aaron made proclamation and said , "
Tomorrow shall be 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 drink ,
and rose up to play .
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And the LORD said to Moses , "
Go down ;
for your people ,
whom you 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 themselves a molten calf ,
and have worshiped it and sacrificed to it ,
and said , `
These are your gods ,
O Israel ,
who brought you up out of the land of Egypt !'"
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And the LORD said to Moses , "
I have seen this people ,
and behold ,
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 ;
but of you I will make a great nation ."
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But Moses besought the LORD his God ,
and said , "
O LORD ,
why does thy wrath burn hot against thy people ,
whom thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand ?
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Why should the Egyptians say , `
With evil intent did he bring them forth ,
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 ,
thy servants ,
to whom thou didst swear by thine own self ,
and didst say to them , `
I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven ,
and all this land that I have promised I will give to your descendants ,
and they shall inherit it for ever .'"
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And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do to his people .
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And Moses turned ,
and went down from the mountain with the two tables of the testimony in his hands ,
tables that were written on both 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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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 sound of shouting for victory ,
or the sound of the cry of defeat ,
but the sound of singing that I hear ."
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And as soon as he came near the camp and saw the calf and the dancing ,
Moses '
anger burned hot ,
and he threw the tables out of his hands and broke them at the foot of the mountain .
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And he took the calf which they had made ,
and burnt it with fire ,
and ground it to powder ,
and scattered it upon the water ,
and made the people of Israel drink it .
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And Moses said to Aaron , "
What did this people do to you that you have brought a great sin upon them ?"
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And Aaron said , "
Let not the anger of my lord burn hot ;
you know the people ,
that they are set on evil .
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For they said to me , `
Make us gods ,
who shall go before us ;
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 I said to them , `
Let any who have gold take it off ';
so they gave it to me ,
and I threw it into the fire ,
and there came out this calf ."
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And when Moses saw that the people had broken loose (
for Aaron had let them break loose ,
to their shame among their enemies ),
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then Moses stood in the gate of the camp ,
and said , "
Who 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 , `
Put every man his sword on his side ,
and go to and fro from gate to gate throughout the camp ,
and slay every man his brother ,
and every man his companion ,
and every man his neighbor .'"
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And the sons 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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And Moses said , "
Today you have ordained yourselves for the service of the LORD ,
each one at the cost of his son and of his brother ,
that he may bestow a blessing upon you this day ."
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On the morrow Moses said to the people , "
You have sinned a great sin .
And now I will go up to the LORD ;
perhaps I can make atonement for your sin ."
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So Moses returned to the LORD and said , "
Alas ,
this people have sinned a great sin ;
they have made for themselves gods of gold .
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But now ,
if thou wilt forgive their sin--and if not ,
blot me ,
I pray thee ,
out of thy book which thou hast written ."
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But the LORD said to Moses , "
Whoever has sinned against me ,
him will I blot out of my book .
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