ASV_Strong : Exodus 32
1. And when the people[H5971] saw[H7200] that Moses[H4872] delayed[H954] to come down[H3381] from the mount[H2022], the people[H5971] gathered themselves together[H6950] unto Aaron[H175], and said[H559] unto him[H6965], Up, make[H6213] us gods[H430], which shall go[H3212] before[H6440] us[H4872]; for as for this Moses, the man[H376] that brought[H5927] us up out of the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714], we know not what is become of him[H3045].
2. And Aaron[H175] said[H559] unto them[H6561], Break off the golden[H2091] rings[H5141], which are in the ears[H241] of your wives[H802], of your sons[H1121], and of your daughters[H1323], and bring them unto me[H935].
3. And all the people[H5971] brake off[H6561] the golden[H2091] rings[H5141] which were in their ears[H241], and brought[H935] them unto Aaron[H175].
4. And he received[H3947] it at their hand[H3027], and fashioned[H6696] it with a graving tool[H2747], and made[H6213] it a molten[H4541] calf[H5695]: and they said[H559], These are thy gods[H430], O Israel[H3478], which brought[H5927] thee up out of the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714].
5. And when Aaron[H175] saw[H7200] this[H1129], he built an altar[H4196] before[H6440] it[H175]; and Aaron made proclamation[H7121], and said[H559], To-morrow[H4279] shall be a feast[H2282] to Jehovah[H3068].
6. And they rose up early[H7925] on the morrow[H4283], and offered[H5927] burnt-offerings[H5930], and brought[H5066] peace-offerings[H8002]; and the people[H5971] sat[H3427] down to eat[H398] and to drink[H8354], and rose up[H6965] to play[H6711].
7. And Jehovah[H3068] spake[H1696] unto Moses[H4872], Go[H3212], get thee down[H3381]; for thy people[H5971], that thou broughtest[H5927] up out of the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714], have corrupted themselves[H7843]:
8. they have turned[H5493] aside quickly[H4118] out of the way[H1870] which I commanded[H6680] them[H6213]: they have made them a molten[H4541] calf[H5695], and have worshipped[H7812] it[H2076], and have sacrificed unto it[H559], and said, These are thy gods[H430], O Israel[H3478], which brought thee up[H5927] out of the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714].
9. And Jehovah[H3068] said[H559] unto Moses[H4872], I have seen[H7200] this people[H5971], and[H7186], behold, it is a stiffnecked people[H5971]:
10. now therefore let me alone[H3240], that my wrath[H639] may wax hot[H2734] against them[H3615], and that I may consume them[H6213]: and I will make of thee a great[H1419] nation[H1471].
11. And Moses[H4872] besought[H2470] Jehovah[H3068] his God[H430], and said[H559], Jehovah[H3068], why doth thy wrath[H639] wax hot[H2734] against thy people[H5971], that thou hast brought forth[H3318] out of the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714] with great[H1419] power[H3581] and with a mighty[H2389] hand[H3027]?
12. Wherefore should the Egyptians[H4714] speak[H559], saying[H559], For evil[H7451] did he bring[H3318] them forth[H2026], to slay them in the mountains[H2022], and to consume[H3615] them from the face[H6440] of the earth[H127]? Turn[H7725] from thy fierce[H2740] wrath[H639], and repent[H5162] of this evil[H7451] against thy people[H5971].
13. Remember[H2142] Abraham[H85], Isaac[H3327], and Israel[H3478], thy servants[H5650], to whom thou swarest[H7650] by thine own self[H1696], and saidst unto them[H7235], I will multiply your seed[H2233] as the stars[H3556] of heaven[H8064], and all this land[H776] that I have spoken[H559] of will I give[H5414] unto your seed[H2233], and they shall inherit[H5157] it for ever[H5769].
14. And Jehovah[H3068] repented[H5162] of the evil[H7451] which he said[H1696] he would do[H6213] unto his people[H5971].
15. And Moses[H4872] turned[H6437], and went down[H3381] from the mount[H2022], with the two[H8147] tables[H3871] of the testimony[H5715] in his hand[H3027]; tables[H3871] that were written[H3789] on both[H8147] their sides[H5676]; on the one side and on the other were they written[H3789].
16. And the tables[H3871] were the work[H4639] of God[H430], and the writing[H4385] was the writing[H4385] of God[H430], graven[H2801] upon the tables[H3871].
17. And when Joshua[H3091] heard[H8085] the noise[H6963] of the people[H5971] as they shouted[H7452], he said[H559] unto Moses[H4872], There is a noise[H6963] of war[H4421] in the camp[H4264].
18. And he said[H559], It is not the voice[H6963] of them that shout[H6030] for mastery[H1369], neither is it the voice[H6963] of them that cry[H6030] for being overcome[H2476]; but the noise[H6963] of them that sing[H6031] do I hear[H8085].
19. And it came to pass[H7126], as soon as he came nigh unto the camp[H4264], that he saw[H7200] the calf[H5695] and the dancing[H4246]: and Moses[H4872]' anger[H639] waxed hot[H2734], and he cast[H7993] the tables[H3871] out of his hands[H3027], and brake[H7665] them beneath[H8478] the mount[H2022].
20. And he took[H3947] the calf[H5695] which they had made[H6213], and burnt[H8313] it with fire[H784], and ground[H2912] it to powder[H1854], and strewed[H2219] it upon[H6440] the water[H4325], and made the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] drink of it[H8248].
21. And Moses[H4872] said[H559] unto Aaron[H175], What did[H6213] this people[H5971] unto thee[H935], that thou hast brought a great[H1419] sin upon them[H2401]?
22. And Aaron[H175] said[H559], Let not the anger[H639] of my lord[H113] wax hot[H2734]: thou knowest[H3045] the people[H5971], that they are set on evil[H7451].
23. For they said[H559] unto me[H6213], Make us gods[H430], which shall go[H3212] before[H6440] us[H4872]; for as for this Moses, the man[H376] that brought us up[H5927] out of the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714], we know not what is become of him[H3045].
24. And I said[H559] unto them[H2091], Whosoever hath any gold, let them break[H6561] it off[H5414]: so they gave it me[H7993]; and I cast it into the fire[H784], and there came out[H3318] this calf[H5695].
25. And when Moses[H4872] saw[H7200] that the people[H5971] were broken loose[H6544] (for Aaron[H175] had let them loose[H6544] for a derision[H8103] among their enemies[H6965]),
26. then Moses[H4872] stood[H5975] in the gate[H8179] of the camp[H4264], and said[H559], Whoso is on Jehovah[H3068]'s side[H1121], let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi[H3878] gathered themselves together unto him[H622].
27. And he said[H559] unto them[H559], Thus saith Jehovah[H3068], the God[H430] of Israel[H3478], Put[H7760] ye every man[H376] his sword[H2719] upon his thigh[H3409], and go[H5674] to[H7725] and fro from gate[H8179] to gate[H8179] throughout the camp[H4264], and slay[H2026] every man[H376] his brother[H251], and every man[H376] his companion[H7453], and every man[H376] his neighbor[H7138].
28. And the sons[H1121] of Levi[H3878] did[H6213] according to the word[H1697] of Moses[H4872]: and there fell[H5307] of the people[H5971] that day[H3117] about three[H7969] thousand[H505] men[H376].
29. And Moses[H4872] said[H559], Consecrate yourselves[H4390] to-day[H3117] to Jehovah[H3068], yea[H3588], every man[H376] against his son[H1121], and against his brother[H251]; that he may bestow[H5414] upon you a blessing[H1293] this day[H3117].
30. And it came to pass on the morrow[H4283], that Moses[H4872] said[H559] unto the people[H5971], Ye have sinned[H2398] a great[H1419] sin[H2401]: and now I will go up[H5927] unto Jehovah[H3068]; peradventure[H194] I shall make atonement[H3722] for[H1157] your sin[H2403].
31. And Moses[H4872] returned[H7725] unto Jehovah[H3068], and said[H559], Oh[H577], this people[H5971] have sinned[H2398] a great[H1419] sin[H2401], and have made[H6213] them gods[H430] of gold[H2091].
32. Yet now[H5375], if thou wilt forgive their sin[H2403]—; and if not[H4229], blot me[H5612], I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written[H3789].
33. And Jehovah[H3068] said[H559] unto Moses[H4872], Whosoever[H834] hath sinned[H2398] against me[H4229], him will I blot out of my book[H5612].
34. And now go[H3212], lead[H5148] the people[H5971] unto the place of which I have spoken[H1696] unto thee[H4397]: behold, mine angel shall go[H3212] before[H6440] thee[H3117]; nevertheless in the day when I visit[H6485], I will visit[H6485] their sin upon them[H2403].
35. And Jehovah[H3068] smote[H5062] the people[H5971], because[H834] they made[H6213] the calf[H5695], which[H834] Aaron[H175] made[H6213].
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