Exodus 32

CHAPTER 32

The Golden Calf

1And [³seeing ¹the ²people] that Moses passed time to come down from out of the mountain, [³stood together ¹the ²people] by Aaron, and they say to him, Rise up and make for us gods! the ones who will go before us.   For Moses, this   man who led us from out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him. 2And [²says ³to them ¹Aaron], Remove the [²ear-rings   ¹gold]! the ones in the ears   of your wives, and   daughters; and bring them to me! 3And [⁴removed ¹all ²the ³people ⁴the ⁶ear-rings   ⁵gold], the ones in   their ears, and they brought them  to Aaron. 4And he took them  from out of   their hands, and he shaped them with the stylus. And he made it [²calf ¹a molten]. And they said, These are    your gods, O Israel, who hauled you from out of the land of Egypt. 5And seeing, Aaron built an altar over against it. And Aaron proclaimed, saying, A holiday of the lord  is tomorrow. 6And rising early in the next day, he offered whole burnt-offerings, and he offered the sacrifice of deliverance. And [³sat ¹the ²people] to eat and to drink, and they rose up to play. 7And the lord spoke to Moses, saying, Proceed   quickly! to go down from here, [³acted lawlessly ¹for   ²your people], whom you led from the land of Egypt. 8They violate quickly from the way which I gave charge to them; they made to themselves a calf, and they do obeisance to it, and they have sacrificed to it. And they said, These are    your gods, O Israel, who hauled you from the land of Egypt. 9And now allow me! for being enraged in anger against them, I will obliterate them. 10And I will make you into [²nation ¹a great]. 11And Moses beseeched in front of the lord    God, and said, Why, O lord, be enraged in anger against   your people, whom you led from out of the land of Egypt in [²strength ¹great], and with   [³arm ¹your   ²high]? 12lest at any time [³should say ¹the ²Egyptians], in saying, With wickedness he led them to kill them  in the mountains, and to completely consume them from the earth. Cease in the anger   of your rage, and [²propitious ¹be] to the evil   of your people! 13remembering Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob   your servants, to whom you swore by an oath to them according to yourself. And you spoke to them, saying, I will greatly multiply   your seed as the stars of the heaven   in multitude, and all   this land which you spoke of to give it to  their seed, so that  they shall hold it into the eon. 14And the lord dealt kindly concerning the bad which he said he would do to   his people. 15And Moses returning, went down from the mountain along with the two tablets of the testimony in   his hands -- tablets of stone, having been written on both   their parts; on this side and that side they were written. 16And the tablets [²a work ³of God ¹were], and the writing, [²a writing ³of God ¹is] chiseled in the tablets. 17And Joshua hearing the voice of the people crying out, says to Moses, It is a sound of war in the camp. 18And he says, It is not a sound originating from strength, nor a sound originating by a routing of the enemy, but a sound originating from wine I hear. 19And when he approached the camp, he sees the calf and the company of dancers. And [²being provoked to anger ³in rage ¹Moses] tossed from   his hands the two tablets, and he broke them below the mountain. 20And having taken the calf which they made, he incinerated it in fire, and ground it fine, and sowed it upon the water, and made [⁴drink ⁵it ¹the ²sons ³of Israel]. 21And Moses said to Aaron, What did [²do ³to you   ¹this people] that you brought upon them [²sin ¹a great]? 22And Aaron said to Moses, Be not provoked to anger, O master! for you know the impulse   of this people. 23For they say to me, Make us gods! which shall go before us,   for [³Moses ¹this   ²man], who led us out of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him. 24And I said to them, Anyone who possesses pieces of gold, remove them! And they gave them to me, and I tossed them  into the fire, and there came forth   this calf. 25And Moses seeing the people, that they have been dispersed, [³dispersed ¹for ⁴them ²Aaron] to be a derision to their opponents. 26Moses stood at the gate of the camp, and he said, Who is for the lord? Come to me! [⁶came together ¹Then ⁷to ⁸him ²all ³the ⁴sons ⁵of Levi]. 27And he says to them, Thus says the lord    God of Israel, Let [²put ¹each]   on himself a broadsword upon his thigh! And let him go through and return from gate to gate through the camp! and let [²kill ¹each]   his brethren, and each   his neighbor, and each the one nearest him! 28And [⁴did ¹the ²sons ³of Levi] as [²said ³to them ¹Moses]. And there fell of the people in   that day three thousand males. 29And [²said ³to them ¹Moses], You filled   your hands today to the lord; each one  on   his brother, and his son, to give upon you a blessing. 30And it came to pass after the next morning, Moses said to the people, You have sinned [²sin ¹a great]. And now I will ascend to   God, that I might make atonement on account of   your sin. 31[³returned ¹And ²Moses] to the lord, and said, I beseech O lord, [²have sinned   ¹this people ⁴sin ³a great], and made to themselves golden gods. 32And now, if forasmuch as you forgive them   of their sin -- forgive! But if not, wipe me away from out of   your book of which you wrote! 33And the lord said to Moses, If any sin before me, I will wipe them from out of   my book. 34And now, proceed, and guide   this people into the place which I told to you! Behold,   my angel shall go forth before your face, and in whatever day I should visit, I will bring upon them   their sin. 35And the lord struck the people on account of the making of the calf, which Aaron made.