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Exodus 32 (WEBP)

[1] When 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.”
[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.”
[3] All the people took off the golden rings which were in their ears, and brought them to Aaron.
[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.”
[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.”
[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.
[7] Yahweh spoke to Moses, “Go, get down; for your people, whom you brought up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted 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.’”
[9] Yahweh said to Moses, “I have seen these people, and behold, they are a stiff-necked people.
[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.”
[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?
[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.
[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.’”
[14] So Yahweh turned away from the evil which he said he would do to his people.
[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.
[16] The tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets.
[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.”
[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.”
[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.
[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.
[21] Moses said to Aaron, “What did these people do to you, that you have brought a great sin on them?”
[22] Aaron said, “Don’t let the anger of my lord grow hot. You know the people, that they are set on evil.
[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.’
[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.”
[25] When Moses saw that the people were out of control, (for Aaron had let them lose control, causing derision among their enemies),
[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.
[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.’”
[28] The sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses. About three thousand men fell of the people that day.
[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.”
[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.”
[31] Moses returned to Yahweh, and said, “Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made themselves gods of gold.
[32] Yet now, if you will, forgive their sin—and if not, please blot me out of your book which you have written.”
[33] Yahweh said to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against me, I will blot him out of my book.
[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.”
[35] Yahweh struck the people, because of what they did with the calf, which Aaron made.

Exodus 32:13 or, seed

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Exodus 32 (KJVS)

[1] And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.
[2] And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me.
[3] And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron.
[4] And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
[5] And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to the Lord.
[6] And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.
[7] And the Lord said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves:
[8] they have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
[9] And the Lord said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:
[10] now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.
[11] And Moses besought the Lord his God, and said, Lord, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand?
[12] Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people.
[13] Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever.
[14] And the Lord repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.
[15] And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony were in his hand: the tables were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written.
[16] And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.
[17] And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp.
[18] And he said, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome: but the noise of them that sing do I hear.
[19] And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses’ anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.
[20] And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strawed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it.
[21] And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them?
[22] And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they are set on mischief.
[23] For they said unto me, Make us gods, which shall go before us: for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.
[24] And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it off. So they gave it me: then I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf.
[25] And when Moses saw that the people were naked; (for Aaron had made them naked unto their shame among their enemies:)
[26] then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the Lord’s side? let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him.
[27] And he said unto them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour.
[28] And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.
[29] For Moses had said, Consecrate yourselves to day to the Lord, even every man upon his son, and upon his brother; that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day.
[30] And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people, Ye have sinned a great sin: and now I will go up unto the Lord; peradventure I shall make an atonement for your sin.
[31] And Moses returned unto the Lord, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold.
[32] Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin—; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.
[33] And the Lord said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book.
[34] Therefore now go, lead the people unto the place of which I 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.
[35] And the Lord plagued the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made.

Exodus 32:11 Heb. the face of the LORD
Exodus 32:18 Heb. weakness
Exodus 32:25 Heb. those that rose up against them
Exodus 32:29 Heb. fill your hands

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Exodus 32 (BYZ)

[1] Καὶ () ἰδὼν () ὁ () λαὸς () ὅτι () κεχρόνικεν () Μωϋσῆς () καταβῆναι () ἐκ () τοῦ () ὄρους, () συνέστη () ὁ () λαὸς () ἐπὶ () Ααρων () καὶ () λέγουσιν () αὐτῷ () Ἀνάστηθι () καὶ () ποίησον () ἡμῖν () θεούς, () οἳ () προπορεύσονται () ἡμῶν· () ὁ () γὰρ () Μωϋσῆς () οὗτος () ὁ () ἄνθρωπος, () ὃς () ἐξήγαγεν () ἡμᾶς () ἐξ () Αἰγύπτου, () οὐκ () οἴδαμεν, () τί () γέγονεν () αὐτῷ. ()
[2] Καὶ () λέγει () αὐτοῖς () Ααρων () Περιέλεσθε () τὰ () ἐνώτια τὰ () χρυσᾶ () τὰ () ἐν () τοῖς () ὠσὶν () τῶν () γυναικῶν () ὑμῶν () καὶ () θυγατέρων () καὶ () ἐνέγκατε () πρός () με. ()
[3] Καὶ () περιείλαντο () πᾶς () ὁ () λαὸς () τὰ () ἐνώτια τὰ () χρυσᾶ () τὰ () ἐν () τοῖς () ὠσὶν () αὐτῶν () καὶ () ἤνεγκαν () πρὸς () Ααρων. ()
[4] Καὶ () ἐδέξατο () ἐκ () τῶν () χειρῶν () αὐτῶν () καὶ () ἔπλασεν () αὐτὰ () ἐν () τῇ () γραφίδι καὶ () ἐποίησεν () αὐτὰ () μόσχον () χωνευτὸν καὶ () εἶπεν () Οὗτοι () οἱ () θεοί () σου, () Ισραηλ, () οἵτινες () ἀνεβίβασάν () σε () ἐκ () γῆς () Αἰγύπτου. ()
[5] Καὶ () ἰδὼν () Ααρων () ᾠκοδόμησεν () θυσιαστήριον () κατέναντι () αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () ἐκήρυξεν () Ααρων () λέγων () Ἑορτὴ () τοῦ () κυρίου () αὔριον. ()
[6] Καὶ () ὀρθρίσας () τῇ () ἐπαύριον () ἀνεβίβασεν () ὁλοκαυτώματα () καὶ () προσήνεγκεν () θυσίαν () σωτηρίου, () καὶ () ἐκάθισεν () ὁ () λαὸς () φαγεῖν () καὶ () πιεῖν () καὶ () ἀνέστησαν () παίζειν. ()
[7] Καὶ () ἐλάλησεν () κύριος () πρὸς () Μωυσῆν () λέγων () Βάδιζε τὸ () τάχος () ἐντεῦθεν () κατάβηθι· () ἠνόμησεν γὰρ () ὁ () λαός () σου, () οὓς () ἐξήγαγες () ἐκ () γῆς () Αἰγύπτου· ()
[8] παρέβησαν () ταχὺ () ἐκ () τῆς () ὁδοῦ, () ἧς () ἐνετείλω () αὐτοῖς· () ἐποίησαν () ἑαυτοῖς () μόσχον () καὶ () προσκεκυνήκασιν () αὐτῷ () καὶ () τεθύκασιν () αὐτῷ () καὶ () εἶπαν () Οὗτοι () οἱ () θεοί () σου, () Ισραηλ, () οἵτινες () ἀνεβίβασάν () σε () ἐκ () γῆς () Αἰγύπτου. () …
[10] Καὶ () νῦν () ἔασόν () με () καὶ () θυμωθεὶς () ὀργῇ () εἰς () αὐτοὺς () ἐκτρίψω αὐτοὺς () καὶ () ποιήσω () σὲ () εἰς () ἔθνος () μέγα. ()
[11] Καὶ () ἐδεήθη () Μωϋσῆς () ἔναντι () κυρίου () τοῦ () θεοῦ () καὶ () εἶπεν () Ἵνα () τί, () κύριε, () θυμοῖ () ὀργῇ () εἰς () τὸν () λαόν () σου, () οὓς () ἐξήγαγες () ἐκ () γῆς () Αἰγύπτου () ἐν () ἰσχύι () μεγάλῃ () καὶ () ἐν () τῷ () βραχίονί () σου () τῷ () ὑψηλῷ; ()
[12] Μήποτε () εἴπωσιν () οἱ () Αἰγύπτιοι () λέγοντες () Μετὰ () πονηρίας () ἐξήγαγεν () αὐτοὺς () ἀποκτεῖναι () ἐν () τοῖς () ὄρεσιν () καὶ () ἐξαναλῶσαι αὐτοὺς () ἀπὸ () τῆς () γῆς. () Παῦσαι () τῆς () ὀργῆς () τοῦ () θυμοῦ () σου () καὶ () ἵλεως () γενοῦ () ἐπὶ () τῇ () κακίᾳ () τοῦ () λαοῦ () σου ()
[13] μνησθεὶς () Αβρααμ () καὶ () Ισαακ () καὶ () Ιακωβ () τῶν () σῶν () οἰκετῶν, () οἷς () ὤμοσας () κατὰ () σεαυτοῦ () καὶ () ἐλάλησας () πρὸς () αὐτοὺς () λέγων () Πολυπληθυνῶ τὸ () σπέρμα () ὑμῶν () ὡσεὶ () τὰ () ἄστρα () τοῦ () οὐρανοῦ () τῷ () πλήθει, () καὶ () πᾶσαν () τὴν () γῆν () ταύτην, () ἣν () εἶπας () δοῦναι () τῷ () σπέρματι () αὐτῶν, () καὶ () καθέξουσιν () αὐτὴν () εἰς () τὸν () αἰῶνα. ()
[14] Καὶ () ἱλάσθη () κύριος () περὶ () τῆς () κακίας, () ἧς () εἶπεν () ποιῆσαι () τὸν () λαὸν () αὐτοῦ. ()
[15] Καὶ () ἀποστρέψας () Μωϋσῆς () κατέβη () ἀπὸ () τοῦ () ὄρους, () καὶ () αἱ () δύο () πλάκες () τοῦ () μαρτυρίου () ἐν () ταῖς () χερσὶν () αὐτοῦ, () πλάκες () λίθιναι () καταγεγραμμέναι ἐξ () ἀμφοτέρων () τῶν () μερῶν () αὐτῶν, () ἔνθεν () καὶ () ἔνθεν () ἦσαν () γεγραμμέναι· ()
[16] καὶ () αἱ () πλάκες () ἔργον () θεοῦ () ἦσαν, () καὶ () ἡ () γραφὴ () γραφὴ () θεοῦ () ἐστιν () κεκολαμμένη ἐν () ταῖς () πλαξίν. ()
[17] Καὶ () ἀκούσας () Ἰησοῦς () τὴν () φωνὴν () τοῦ () λαοῦ () κραζόντων () λέγει () πρὸς () Μωυσῆν () Φωνὴ () πολέμου () ἐν () τῇ () παρεμβολῇ. ()
[18] Καὶ () λέγει () Οὐκ () ἔστιν () φωνὴ () ἐξαρχόντων κατ’ () ἰσχὺν () οὐδὲ () φωνὴ () ἐξαρχόντων τροπῆς, () ἀλλὰ () φωνὴν () ἐξαρχόντων οἴνου () ἐγὼ () ἀκούω. ()
[19] Καὶ () ἡνίκα () ἤγγιζεν () τῇ () παρεμβολῇ, () ὁρᾷ () τὸν () μόσχον () καὶ () τοὺς () χορούς, () καὶ () ὀργισθεὶς () θυμῷ () Μωϋσῆς () ἔρριψεν () ἀπὸ () τῶν () χειρῶν () αὐτοῦ () τὰς () δύο () πλάκας () καὶ () συνέτριψεν () αὐτὰς () ὑπὸ () τὸ () ὄρος. ()
[20] Καὶ () λαβὼν () τὸν () μόσχον, () ὃν () ἐποίησαν, () κατέκαυσεν () αὐτὸν () ἐν () πυρὶ () καὶ () κατήλεσεν αὐτὸν () λεπτὸν () καὶ () ἔσπειρεν () αὐτὸν () ἐπὶ () τὸ () ὕδωρ () καὶ () ἐπότισεν () αὐτὸ () τοὺς () υἱοὺς () Ισραηλ. ()
[21] Καὶ () εἶπεν () Μωϋσῆς () τῷ () Ααρων () Τί () ἐποίησέν () σοι () ὁ () λαὸς () οὗτος, () ὅτι () ἐπήγαγες () ἐπ’ () αὐτοὺς () ἁμαρτίαν () μεγάλην; ()
[22] Καὶ () εἶπεν () Ααρων () πρὸς () Μωυσῆν () Μὴ () ὀργίζου, () κύριε· () σὺ () γὰρ () οἶδας () τὸ () ὅρμημα () τοῦ () λαοῦ () τούτου. ()
[23] Λέγουσιν () γάρ () μοι () Ποίησον () ἡμῖν () θεούς, () οἳ () προπορεύσονται () ἡμῶν· () ὁ () γὰρ () Μωϋσῆς () οὗτος () ὁ () ἄνθρωπος, () ὃς () ἐξήγαγεν () ἡμᾶς () ἐξ () Αἰγύπτου, () οὐκ () οἴδαμεν, () τί () γέγονεν () αὐτῷ. ()
[24] Καὶ () εἶπα () αὐτοῖς () Εἴ () τινι () ὑπάρχει () χρυσία, () περιέλεσθε. () Καὶ () ἔδωκάν () μοι· () καὶ () ἔρριψα () εἰς () τὸ () πῦρ, () καὶ () ἐξῆλθεν () ὁ () μόσχος () οὗτος. ()
[25] Καὶ () ἰδὼν () Μωϋσῆς () τὸν () λαὸν () ὅτι () διεσκέδασται—διεσκέδασεν γὰρ () αὐτοὺς () Ααρων, () ἐπίχαρμα τοῖς () ὑπεναντίοις () αὐτῶν ()—
[26] ἔστη () δὲ () Μωϋσῆς () ἐπὶ () τῆς () πύλης () τῆς () παρεμβολῆς () καὶ () εἶπεν () Τίς () πρὸς () κύριον; () Ἴτω πρός () με. () Συνῆλθον () οὖν () πρὸς () αὐτὸν () πάντες () οἱ () υἱοὶ () Λευι. ()
[27] Καὶ () λέγει () αὐτοῖς () Τάδε () λέγει () κύριος () ὁ () θεὸς () Ισραηλ () Θέσθε () ἕκαστος () τὴν () ἑαυτοῦ () ῥομφαίαν () ἐπὶ () τὸν () μηρὸν () καὶ () διέλθατε () καὶ () ἀνακάμψατε () ἀπὸ () πύλης () ἐπὶ () πύλην () διὰ () τῆς () παρεμβολῆς () καὶ () ἀποκτείνατε () ἕκαστος () τὸν () ἀδελφὸν () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () ἕκαστος () τὸν () πλησίον () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () ἕκαστος () τὸν () ἔγγιστα αὐτοῦ. ()
[28] Καὶ () ἐποίησαν () οἱ () υἱοὶ () Λευι () καθὰ () ἐλάλησεν () αὐτοῖς () Μωϋσῆς, () καὶ () ἔπεσαν () ἐκ () τοῦ () λαοῦ () ἐν () ἐκείνῃ () τῇ () ἡμέρᾳ () εἰς () τρισχιλίους () ἄνδρας. ()
[29] Καὶ () εἶπεν () αὐτοῖς () Μωϋσῆς () Ἐπληρώσατε () τὰς () χεῖρας () ὑμῶν () σήμερον () κυρίῳ, () ἕκαστος () ἐν () τῷ () υἱῷ () ἢ () τῷ () ἀδελφῷ, () δοθῆναι () ἐφ’ () ὑμᾶς () εὐλογίαν. ()
[30] Καὶ () ἐγένετο () μετὰ () τὴν () αὔριον () εἶπεν () Μωϋσῆς () πρὸς () τὸν () λαόν () Ὑμεῖς () ἡμαρτήκατε () ἁμαρτίαν () μεγάλην· () καὶ () νῦν () ἀναβήσομαι () πρὸς () τὸν () θεόν, () ἵνα () ἐξιλάσωμαι περὶ () τῆς () ἁμαρτίας () ὑμῶν. ()
[31] Ὑπέστρεψεν () δὲ () Μωϋσῆς () πρὸς () κύριον () καὶ () εἶπεν () Δέομαι, () κύριε· () ἡμάρτηκεν () ὁ () λαὸς () οὗτος () ἁμαρτίαν () μεγάλην () καὶ () ἐποίησαν () ἑαυτοῖς () θεοὺς () χρυσοῦς. ()
[32] Καὶ () νῦν () εἰ () μὲν () ἀφεῖς () αὐτοῖς () τὴν () ἁμαρτίαν, () ἄφες· () εἰ () δὲ () μή, () ἐξάλειψόν () με () ἐκ () τῆς () βίβλου () σου, () ἧς () ἔγραψας. ()
[33] Καὶ () εἶπεν () κύριος () πρὸς () Μωυσῆν () Εἴ () τις () ἡμάρτηκεν () ἐνώπιόν () μου, () ἐξαλείψω () αὐτὸν () ἐκ () τῆς () βίβλου () μου. ()
[34] Νυνὶ () δὲ () βάδιζε κατάβηθι () καὶ () ὁδήγησον () τὸν () λαὸν () τοῦτον () εἰς () τὸν () τόπον, () ὃν () εἶπά () σοι· () ἰδοὺ () ὁ () ἄγγελός () μου () προπορεύεται () πρὸ () προσώπου () σου· () ᾗ () δ’ () ἂν () ἡμέρᾳ () ἐπισκέπτωμαι, () ἐπάξω () ἐπ’ () αὐτοὺς () τὴν () ἁμαρτίαν () αὐτῶν. ()
[35] Καὶ () ἐπάταξεν () κύριος () τὸν () λαὸν () περὶ () τῆς () ποιήσεως () τοῦ () μόσχου, () οὗ () ἐποίησεν () Ααρων. ()

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.