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And when the people[H5971]saw[H7200] that Moses[H4872]delayed[H954] to come down[H3381] out of the mount[H2022], the people[H5971] gathered themselves together[H6950] unto Aaron[H175], and said[H559] unto him, Up[H6965], make[H6213] us gods[H430], which shall go[H3212]before[H6440] us; for as for this Moses[H4872], the man[H376] that brought[H5927] us up out of the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714], we wot[H3045] not what is become of him.
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And Aaron[H175]said[H559] unto them, Break off[H6561] the golden[H2091]earrings[H5141], which are in the ears[H241] of your wives[H802], of your sons[H1121], and of your daughters[H1323], and bring[H935] them unto me.
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And all the people[H5971] brake off[H6561] the golden[H2091]earrings[H5141] which were in their ears[H241], and brought[H935] them unto Aaron[H175].
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And he received[H3947] them at their hand[H3027], and fashioned[H6696] it with a graving tool[H2747], after he had made[H6213] it a molten[H4541]calf[H5695]: and they said[H559], These be thy gods[H430], O Israel[H3478], which brought[H5927] thee up out of the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714].
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And when Aaron[H175]saw[H7200] it, he built[H1129] an altar[H4196]before[H6440] it; and Aaron[H175] made proclamation[H7121], and said[H559], To morrow[H4279] is a feast[H2282] to the LORD[H3068].
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And they rose up[H6965]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].
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And the LORD[H3068]said[H1696] unto Moses[H4872], Go[H3212], get thee down[H3381]; for thy people[H5971], which thou broughtest[H5927] out of the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714], have corrupted[H7843] themselves:
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They have turned[H5493] aside quickly[H4118] out of the way[H1870] which I commanded[H6680] them: they have made[H6213] them a molten[H4541]calf[H5695], and have worshipped[H7812] it, and have sacrificed[H2076] thereunto, and said[H559], These be thy gods[H430], O Israel[H3478], which have brought thee up[H5927] out of the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714].
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And the LORD[H3068]said[H559] unto Moses[H4872], I have seen[H7200] this people[H5971], and, behold, it is a stiffnecked[H7186]people[H5971]:
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Now therefore let me alone[H3240], that my wrath[H639] may wax hot[H2734] against them, and that I may consume[H3615] them: and I will make[H6213] of thee a great[H1419]nation[H1471].
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And Moses[H4872]besought[H2470] the LORD[H3068] his God[H430], and said[H559], LORD[H3068], why doth thy wrath[H639] wax hot[H2734] against thy people[H5971], which 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]
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Wherefore should the Egyptians[H4714]speak[H559], and say[H559], For mischief[H7451] did he bring[H3318] them out, to slay[H2026] 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].
13Remember[H2142]Abraham[H85], Isaac[H3327], and Israel[H3478], thy servants[H5650], to whom thou swarest[H7650] by thine own self, and saidst[H1696] unto them, I will multiply[H7235] 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].
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And the LORD[H3068]repented[H5162] of the evil[H7451] which he thought[H1696] to do[H6213] unto his people[H5971].
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And Moses[H4872]turned[H6437], and went down[H3381] from the mount[H2022], and the two[H8147]tables[H3871] of the testimony[H5715] were in his hand[H3027]: the tables[H3871] were written[H3789] on both[H8147] their sides[H5676]; on the one side and on the other were they written[H3789].
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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].
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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].
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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].
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And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh[H7126] 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].
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And he took[H3947] the calf[H5695] which they had made[H6213], and burnt[H8313] it in the fire[H784], and ground[H2912] it to powder[H1854], and strawed[H2219] it upon[H6440] the water[H4325], and made[H6213] the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478]drink[H8248] of it.
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And Moses[H4872]said[H559] unto Aaron[H175], What did[H6213] this people[H5971] unto thee, that thou hast brought[H935] so great[H1419] a sin[H2401] upon them?
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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 mischief[H7451].
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For they said[H559] unto me, Make[H6213] us gods[H430], which shall go[H3212]before[H6440] us: for as for this Moses[H4872], the man[H376] that brought us up[H5927] out of the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714], we wot[H3045] not what is become of him.
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And I said[H559] unto them, Whosoever hath any gold[H2091], let them break[H6561] it off. So they gave[H5414] it me: then I cast[H7993] it into the fire[H784], and there came out[H3318] this calf[H5695].
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And when Moses[H4872]saw[H7200] that the people[H5971] were naked[H6544];(for Aaron[H175] had made them naked[H6544] unto their shame[H8103] among their enemies[H6965]:)
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Then Moses[H4872]stood[H5975] in the gate[H8179] of the camp[H4264], and said[H559], Who is on the LORD'S side? let him come unto me. And all the sons[H1121] of Levi[H3878]gathered[H622] themselves together unto him.
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And he said[H559] unto them, Thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068]God[H430] of Israel[H3478], Put[H7760] every man[H376] his sword[H2719] by his side[H3409], and go[H5674] in and out[H7725] 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 neighbour[H7138].
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And the children[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].
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For Moses[H4872] had said[H559], Consecrate yourselves[H4390] to day[H3117] to the LORD[H3068], even[H3588] every man[H376] upon his son[H1121], and upon his brother[H251]; that he may bestow[H5414] upon you a blessing[H1293] this day[H3117].
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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 the LORD[H3068]; peradventure[H194] I shall make an atonement[H3722]for[H1157] your sin[H2403].
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And Moses[H4872]returned[H7725] unto the LORD[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].
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Yet now, if thou wilt forgive[H5375] their sin--[H2403]; and if not, blot[H4229] me, I pray thee, out of thy book[H5612] which thou hast written[H3789].
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And the LORD[H3068]said[H559] unto Moses[H4872], Whosoever[H834] hath sinned[H2398] against me, him will I blot out[H4229] of my book[H5612].
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Therefore now go[H3212], lead[H5148] the people[H5971] unto the place of which I have spoken[H1696] unto thee: behold, mine Angel[H4397] shall go[H3212]before[H6440] thee: nevertheless in the day[H3117] when I visit[H6485] I will visit[H6485] their sin[H2403] upon them.
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And the LORD[H3068]plagued[H5062] the people[H5971], because[H834] they made[H6213] the calf[H5695], which[H834]Aaron[H175]made[H6213].