~Exodus 32:1 And when the people saw that Moses delayed to comedown from the mount, the people gathered themselves together untoAaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go beforeus; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land ofEgypt, we know not what is become of him.
~Exodus 32:2 And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden rings,which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of yourdaughters, and bring them unto me.
~Exodus 32:3 And all the people brake off the golden rings whichwere in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron.
~Exodus 32:4 And he received it at their hand, and fashioned it with agraving tool, and made it a molten calf: and they said, These are thygods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
~Exodus 32:5 And when Aaron saw [this], he built an altar before it;and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To-morrow shall be a feastto Jehovah.
~Exodus 32:6 And they rose up early on the morrow, and offeredburnt-offerings, and brought peace-offerings; and the people satdown to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.
~Exodus 32:7 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, Go, get thee down; forthy people, that thou broughtest up out of the land of Egypt, havecorrupted themselves:
~Exodus 32:8 they have turned aside quickly out of the way which Icommanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and haveworshipped it, and have sacrificed unto it, and said, These are thygods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
~Exodus 32:9 And Jehovah said unto Moses, I have seen this people,and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:
~Exodus 32:10 now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may waxhot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make ofthee a great nation.
~Exodus 32:11 And Moses besought Jehovah his God, and said,Jehovah, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, that thouhast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power and witha mighty hand?
~Exodus 32:12 Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, saying, Forevil did he bring them forth, to slay them in the mountains, and toconsume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath,and repent of this evil against thy people.
~Exodus 32:13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, towhom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I willmultiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I havespoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever.
~Exodus 32:14 And Jehovah repented of the evil which he said hewould do unto his people.
~Exodus 32:15 And Moses turned, and went down from the mount,with the two tables of the testimony in his hand; tables that werewritten on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were theywritten.
~Exodus 32:16 And the tables were the work of God, and the writingwas the writing of God, graven upon the tables.
~Exodus 32:17 And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as theyshouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp.
~Exodus 32:18 And he said, It is not the voice of them that shout formastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome;but the noise of them that sing do I hear.
~Exodus 32:19 And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto thecamp, that he saw the calf and the dancing: and Moses' anger waxedhot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneaththe mount.
~Exodus 32:20 And he took the calf which they had made, and burntit with fire, and ground it to powder, and strewed it upon the water,and made the children of Israel drink of it.
~Exodus 32:21 And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this peopleunto thee, that thou hast brought a great sin upon them?
~Exodus 32:22 And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot:thou knowest the people, that they are [set] on evil.
~Exodus 32:23 For they said unto me, Make us gods, which shall gobefore us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of theland of Egypt, we know not what is become of him.
~Exodus 32:24 And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, letthem break it off: so they gave it me; and I cast it into the fire, andthere came out this calf.
~Exodus 32:25 And when Moses saw that the people were brokenloose, (for Aaron had let them loose for a derision among theirenemies,)
~Exodus 32:26 then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said,Whoso is on Jehovah's side, [let him come] unto me. And all the sonsof Levi gathered themselves together unto him.
~Exodus 32:27 And he said unto them, Thus saith Jehovah, the God ofIsrael, Put ye every man his sword upon his thigh, and go to and frofrom gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man hisbrother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbor.
~Exodus 32:28 And the sons of Levi did according to the word ofMoses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousandmen.
~Exodus 32:29 And Moses said, Consecrate yourselves to-day toJehovah, yea, every man against his son, and against his brother; thathe may bestow upon you a blessing this day.
~Exodus 32:30 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses saidunto the people, Ye have sinned a great sin: and now I will go upunto Jehovah; peradventure I shall make atonement for your sin.
~Exodus 32:31 And Moses returned unto Jehovah, and said, Oh, thispeople have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold.
~Exodus 32:32 Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin-; and if not, blotme, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.
~Exodus 32:33 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinnedagainst me, him will I blot out of my book.
~Exodus 32:34 And now go, lead the people unto [the place] of whichI 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.
~Exodus 32:35 And Jehovah smote the people, because they made thecalf, which Aaron made
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