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The Golden Calf 1 Now when the people saw that Moses 1delayed to co…
The Golden Calf
1 Now when the people saw that Moses 1delayed to come down from the mountain, the people assembled about Aaron and said to him, "Come, 2make us a god who will go before us; as for 3this Moses, the man who brought us up from the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him."
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Aaron said to them, "4Tear off the gold rings which are in the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to me."
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Then all the people tore off the gold rings which were in their ears and brought them to Aaron.
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He took this from their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool and made it into a 5molten calf; and they said, "This is your god, O Israel, who brought you up from the land of Egypt."
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Now when Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made a proclamation and said, "Tomorrow shall be a feast to the LORD."
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So the next day they rose early and 6offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and 7the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up 8to play.
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Then the LORD spoke to Moses, "Go down * at once, for your people, whom 9you brought up from the land of Egypt, have 10corrupted themselves.
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"They have quickly turned aside from the way which I commanded them. 11They have made for themselves a molten calf, and have worshiped it and 12have sacrificed to it and said, '13This is your god, O Israel, who brought you up from the land of Egypt!' "
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14The LORD said to Moses, "I have seen this people, and behold, they are 15an obstinate * people.
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"Now then 16let Me alone, that My anger may burn against them and that I may destroy them; and 17I will make of you a great nation."
Moses' Entreaty
11 Then 18Moses entreated the LORD his God, and said, "O LORD, why does Your anger burn against Your people whom You have brought out from the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?
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"Why should 19the Egyptians speak, saying, 'With evil intent He brought them out to kill them in the mountains and to destroy them from the face of the earth '? Turn from Your burning anger and change Your mind about doing harm to Your people.
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"Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, Your servants to whom You 20swore by Yourself, and said to them, 'I will 21multiply your descendants as the stars of the heavens, and 22all this land of which I have spoken I will give to your descendants, and they shall inherit it forever.' "
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23So the LORD changed His mind about the harm which He said He would do to His people.
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24Then Moses turned and went down from the mountain with the two tablets of the testimony in his hand, 25tablets which were written on both sides; they were written on one side and the other.
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The tablets were God's work, and the writing was God's writing engraved on the tablets.
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Now when Joshua heard the sound of the people as they shouted, he said to Moses, "There is a sound of war in the camp."
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But he said, "It is not the sound of the cry of triumph, Nor is it the sound of the cry of defeat; But the sound of singing I hear."
Moses' Anger
19 It came about, as soon as Moses came near the camp, that 26he saw the calf and the dancing; and Moses' anger burned, and 27he threw the tablets from his hands and shattered them at the foot of the mountain.
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28He took the calf which they had made and burned it with fire, and ground it to powder *, and scattered it over the surface of the water and made the sons of Israel drink it.
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Then Moses said to Aaron, "What did this people do to you, that you have brought such great sin upon them?"
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Aaron said, "Do not let the anger of my lord burn; you know the people yourself, 29that they are prone to evil.
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"For 30they said to me, 'Make a god for us who will go before us; for this Moses, the man who brought us up from the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.'
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"I said to them, 'Whoever has any gold, let them tear it off.' So they gave it to me, and 31I threw it into the fire, and out came this calf."
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Now when Moses saw that the people were out of control -for Aaron had 32let them get out of control to be a derision among their enemies -
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then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, "Whoever is for the LORD, come to me!" And all the sons of Levi gathered together to him.
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He said to them, "Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, 'Every man of you put his sword upon his thigh, and go * back and forth from gate to gate in the camp, and kill every man his brother, and every man his friend, and every man his neighbor.' "
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So 33the sons of Levi did as Moses instructed, and about three thousand men of the people fell that day.
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Then Moses said, "Dedicate yourselves today to the LORD -for every man has been against his son and against his brother -in order that He may bestow a blessing upon you today."
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On the next day Moses said to the people, "34You yourselves have committed a great sin; and now I am going up to the LORD, perhaps I can 35make atonement for your sin."
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Then Moses returned to the LORD, and said, "Alas, this people has committed a great sin, and they have made a 36god of gold for themselves.
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"But now, if You will, forgive their sin -and if not, please blot me out from Your 37book which You have written!"
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The LORD said to Moses, "Whoever * has sinned against Me, 38I will blot him out of My book.
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"But go now, lead the people 39where * I told you. Behold, 40My angel shall go before you; nevertheless 41in the day when I punish, 42I will punish them for their sin."
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43Then the LORD smote the people, because * of 44what they did with the calf which Aaron had made.