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Exodus 32

WEB·Exodus 32
1When the people saw that Moses delayed coming down from the mountain, the people gathered themselves together to Aaron, and said to him, “Come, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we don’t know what has become of him.”
KJVAnd when the peopleH5971 sawH7200(H8799) that MosesH4872 delayedH954(H8765) to come downH3381(H8800) out of the mountH2022, the peopleH5971 gathered themselves togetherH6950(H8735) unto AaronH175, and saidH559(H8799) unto him, UpH6965(H8798), makeH6213(H8798) us godsH430, which shall goH3212(H8799) beforeH6440 us; for as for this MosesH4872, the manH376 that broughtH5927(H8689) us up out of the landH776 of EgyptH4714, we wotH3045(H8804) not what is become of him.
2 Aaron said to them, “Take off the golden rings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them to me.”
KJVAnd AaronH175 saidH559(H8799) unto them, Break offH6561(H8761) the goldenH2091 earringsH5141, which are in the earsH241 of your wivesH802, of your sonsH1121, and of your daughtersH1323, and bringH935(H8685) them unto me.
3 All the people took off the golden rings which were in their ears, and brought them to Aaron.
KJVAnd all the peopleH5971 brake offH6561(H8691) the goldenH2091 earringsH5141 which were in their earsH241, and broughtH935(H8686) them unto AaronH175.
4 He received what they handed him, fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made it a molded calf. Then they said, “These are your gods, Israel, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt.”
KJVAnd he receivedH3947(H8799) them at their handH3027, and fashionedH6696(H8799) it with a graving toolH2747, after he had madeH6213(H8799) it a moltenH4541 calfH5695: and they saidH559(H8799), These be thy godsH430, O IsraelH3478, which broughtH5927(H8689) thee up out of the landH776 of EgyptH4714.
5 When Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made a proclamation, and said, “Tomorrow shall be a feast to Yahweh.”
KJVAnd when AaronH175 sawH7200(H8799) it, he builtH1129(H8799) an altarH4196 beforeH6440 it; and AaronH175 made proclamationH7121(H8799), and saidH559(H8799), To morrowH4279 is a feastH2282 to the LORDH3068.
6 They rose up early on the next day, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.
KJVAnd they rose up earlyH7925(H8686) on the morrowH4283, and offeredH5927(H8686) burnt offeringsH5930, and broughtH5066(H8686) peace offeringsH8002; and the peopleH5971 satH3427(H8799) down to eatH398(H8800) and to drinkH8354(H8800), and rose upH6965(H8799) to playH6711(H8763).
7 Yahweh spoke to Moses, “Go, get down; for your people, whom you brought up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves!
KJVAnd the LORDH3068 saidH1696(H8762) unto MosesH4872, GoH3212(H8798), get thee downH3381(H8798); for thy peopleH5971, which thou broughtestH5927(H8689) out of the landH776 of EgyptH4714, have corruptedH7843(H8765) themselves:
8 They have turned away quickly out of the way which I commanded them. They have made themselves a molded calf, and have worshiped it, and have sacrificed to it, and said, ‘These are your gods, Israel, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt.’”
KJVThey have turnedH5493(H8804) aside quicklyH4118 out of the wayH1870 which I commandedH6680(H8765) them: they have madeH6213(H8804) them a moltenH4541 calfH5695, and have worshippedH7812(H8691) it, and have sacrificedH2076(H8799) thereunto, and saidH559(H8799), These be thy godsH430, O IsraelH3478, which have brought thee upH5927(H8689) out of the landH776 of EgyptH4714.
9 Yahweh said to Moses, “I have seen these people, and behold, they are a stiff-necked people.
KJVAnd the LORDH3068 saidH559(H8799) unto MosesH4872, I have seenH7200(H8804) this peopleH5971, and, behold, it is a stiffneckedH7186H6203 peopleH5971:
10 Now therefore leave me alone, that my wrath may burn hot against them, and that I may consume them; and I will make of you a great nation.”
KJVNow therefore let me aloneH3240(H8685), that my wrathH639 may wax hotH2734(H8799) against them, and that I may consumeH3615(H8762) them: and I will makeH6213(H8799) of thee a greatH1419 nationH1471.
11 Moses begged Yahweh his God, and said, “Yahweh, why does your wrath burn hot against your people, that you have brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?
KJVAnd MosesH4872 besoughtH2470(H8762)H6440 the LORDH3068 his GodH430, and saidH559(H8799), LORDH3068, why doth thy wrathH639 wax hotH2734(H8799) against thy peopleH5971, which thou hast brought forthH3318(H8689) out of the landH776 of EgyptH4714 with greatH1419 powerH3581, and with a mightyH2389 handH3027?
12 Why should the Egyptians talk, saying, ‘He brought them out for evil, to kill them in the mountains, and to consume them from the surface of the earth’? Turn from your fierce wrath, and turn away from this evil against your people.
KJVWherefore should the EgyptiansH4714 speakH559(H8799), and sayH559(H8800), For mischiefH7451 did he bringH3318(H8689) them out, to slayH2026(H8800) them in the mountainsH2022, and to consumeH3615(H8763) them from the faceH6440 of the earthH127? TurnH7725(H8798) from thy fierceH2740 wrathH639, and repentH5162(H8734) of this evilH7451 against thy peopleH5971.
13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, to whom you swore by your own self, and said to them, ‘I will multiply your offspring as the stars of the sky, and all this land that I have spoken of I will give to your offspring, and they shall inherit it forever.’”
KJVRememberH2142(H8798) AbrahamH85, IsaacH3327, and IsraelH3478, thy servantsH5650, to whom thou swarestH7650(H8738) by thine own self, and saidstH1696(H8762) unto them, I will multiplyH7235(H8686) your seedH2233 as the starsH3556 of heavenH8064, and all this landH776 that I have spokenH559(H8804) of will I giveH5414(H8799) unto your seedH2233, and they shall inheritH5157(H8804) it for everH5769.
14 So Yahweh turned away from the evil which he said he would do to his people.
KJVAnd the LORDH3068 repentedH5162(H8735) of the evilH7451 which he thoughtH1696(H8765) to doH6213(H8800) unto his peopleH5971.
15 Moses turned, and went down from the mountain, with the two tablets of the covenant in his hand; tablets that were written on both their sides. They were written on one side and on the other.
KJVAnd MosesH4872 turnedH6437(H8799), and went downH3381(H8799) from the mountH2022, and the twoH8147 tablesH3871 of the testimonyH5715 were in his handH3027: the tablesH3871 were writtenH3789(H8803) on bothH8147 their sidesH5676; on the one side and on the other were they writtenH3789(H8803).
16 The tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets.
KJVAnd the tablesH3871 were the workH4639 of GodH430, and the writingH4385 was the writingH4385 of GodH430, gravenH2801(H8803) upon the tablesH3871.
17 When Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said to Moses, “There is the noise of war in the camp.”
KJVAnd when JoshuaH3091 heardH8085(H8799) the noiseH6963 of the peopleH5971 as they shoutedH7452, he saidH559(H8799) unto MosesH4872, There is a noiseH6963 of warH4421 in the campH4264.
18 He said, “It isn’t the voice of those who shout for victory. It is not the voice of those who cry for being overcome; but the noise of those who sing that I hear.”
KJVAnd he saidH559(H8799), It is not the voiceH6963 of them that shoutH6030(H8800) for masteryH1369, neither is it the voiceH6963 of them that cryH6030(H8800) for being overcomeH2476: but the noiseH6963 of them that singH6031(H8763) do I hearH8085(H8802).
19 As soon as he came near to the camp, he saw the calf and the dancing. Then Moses’ anger grew hot, and he threw the tablets out of his hands, and broke them beneath the mountain.
KJVAnd it came to pass, as soon as he came nighH7126(H8804) unto the campH4264, that he sawH7200(H8799) the calfH5695, and the dancingH4246: and MosesH4872' angerH639 waxed hotH2734(H8799), and he castH7993(H8686) the tablesH3871 out of his handsH3027, and brakeH7665(H8762) them beneathH8478 the mountH2022.
20 He took the calf which they had made, and burned it with fire, ground it to powder, and scattered it on the water, and made the children of Israel drink it.
KJVAnd he tookH3947(H8799) the calfH5695 which they had madeH6213(H8804), and burntH8313(H8799) it in the fireH784, and groundH2912(H8799) it to powderH1854(H8804), and strawedH2219(H8799) it uponH6440 the waterH4325, and made the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478 drinkH8248(H8686) of it.
21 Moses said to Aaron, “What did these people do to you, that you have brought a great sin on them?”
KJVAnd MosesH4872 saidH559(H8799) unto AaronH175, What didH6213(H8804) this peopleH5971 unto thee, that thou hast broughtH935(H8689) so greatH1419 a sinH2401 upon them?
22 Aaron said, “Don’t let the anger of my lord grow hot. You know the people, that they are set on evil.
KJVAnd AaronH175 saidH559(H8799), Let not the angerH639 of my lordH113 wax hotH2734(H8799): thou knowestH3045(H8804) the peopleH5971, that they are set on mischiefH7451.
23 For they said to me, ‘Make us gods, which shall go before us. As for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we don’t know what has become of him.’
KJVFor they saidH559(H8799) unto me, MakeH6213(H8798) us godsH430, which shall goH3212(H8799) beforeH6440 us: for as for this MosesH4872, the manH376 that brought us upH5927(H8689) out of the landH776 of EgyptH4714, we wotH3045(H8804) not what is become of him.
24 I said to them, ‘Whoever has any gold, let them take it off.’ So they gave it to me; and I threw it into the fire, and out came this calf.”
KJVAnd I saidH559(H8799) unto them, Whosoever hath any goldH2091, let them breakH6561(H8690) it off. So they gaveH5414(H8799) it me: then I castH7993(H8686) it into the fireH784, and there came outH3318(H8799) this calfH5695.
25 When Moses saw that the people were out of control, (for Aaron had let them lose control, causing derision among their enemies),
KJVAnd when MosesH4872 sawH7200(H8799) that the peopleH5971 were nakedH6544(H8803);(for AaronH175 had made them nakedH6544(H8804) unto their shameH8103 among their enemiesH6965(H8801):)
26 then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, “Whoever is on Yahweh’s side, come to me!” All the sons of Levi gathered themselves together to him.
KJVThen MosesH4872 stoodH5975(H8799) in the gateH8179 of the campH4264, and saidH559(H8799), Who is on the LORD'SH3068 side? let him come unto me. And all the sonsH1121 of LeviH3878 gatheredH622(H8735) themselves together unto him.
27 He said to them, “Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, ‘Every man put his sword on his thigh, and go back and forth from gate to gate throughout the camp, and every man kill his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbor.’”
KJVAnd he saidH559(H8799) unto them, Thus saithH559(H8804) the LORDH3068 GodH430 of IsraelH3478, PutH7760(H8798) every manH376 his swordH2719 by his sideH3409, and goH5674(H8798) in and outH7725(H8798) from gateH8179 to gateH8179 throughout the campH4264, and slayH2026(H8798) every manH376 his brotherH251, and every manH376 his companionH7453, and every manH376 his neighbourH7138.
28 The sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses. About three thousand men fell of the people that day.
KJVAnd the childrenH1121 of LeviH3878 didH6213(H8799) according to the wordH1697 of MosesH4872: and there fellH5307(H8799) of the peopleH5971 that dayH3117 about threeH7969 thousandH505 menH376.
29 Moses said, “Consecrate yourselves today to Yahweh, for every man was against his son and against his brother, that he may give you a blessing today.”
KJVFor MosesH4872 had saidH559(H8799), Consecrate yourselvesH4390(H8798)H3027 to dayH3117 to the LORDH3068, evenH3588 every manH376 upon his sonH1121, and upon his brotherH251; that he may bestowH5414(H8800) upon you a blessingH1293 this dayH3117.
30 On the next day, Moses said to the people, “You have sinned a great sin. Now I will go up to Yahweh. Perhaps I shall make atonement for your sin.”
KJVAnd it came to pass on the morrowH4283, that MosesH4872 saidH559(H8799) unto the peopleH5971, Ye have sinnedH2398(H8804) a greatH1419 sinH2401: and now I will go upH5927(H8799) unto the LORDH3068; peradventureH194 I shall make an atonementH3722(H8762) forH1157 your sinH2403.
31 Moses returned to Yahweh, and said, “Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made themselves gods of gold.
KJVAnd MosesH4872 returnedH7725(H8799) unto the LORDH3068, and saidH559(H8799), OhH577, this peopleH5971 have sinnedH2398(H8804) a greatH1419 sinH2401, and have madeH6213(H8799) them godsH430 of goldH2091.
32 Yet now, if you will, forgive their sin—and if not, please blot me out of your book which you have written.”
KJVYet now, if thou wilt forgiveH5375(H8799) their sinH2403--; and if not, blotH4229(H8798) me, I pray thee, out of thy bookH5612 which thou hast writtenH3789(H8804).
33 Yahweh said to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against me, I will blot him out of my book.
KJVAnd the LORDH3068 saidH559(H8799) unto MosesH4872, WhosoeverH834 hath sinnedH2398(H8804) against me, him will I blot outH4229(H8799) of my bookH5612.
34 Now go, lead the people to the place of which I have spoken to you. Behold, my angel shall go before you. Nevertheless, in the day when I punish, I will punish them for their sin.”
KJVTherefore now goH3212(H8798), leadH5148(H8798) the peopleH5971 unto the place of which I have spokenH1696(H8765) unto thee: behold, mine AngelH4397 shall goH3212(H8799) beforeH6440 thee: nevertheless in the dayH3117 when I visitH6485(H8800) I will visitH6485(H8804) their sinH2403 upon them.
35 Yahweh struck the people, because of what they did with the calf, which Aaron made.
KJVAnd the LORDH3068 plaguedH5062(H8799) the peopleH5971, becauseH834 they madeH6213(H8804) the calfH5695, whichH834 AaronH175 madeH6213(H8804).