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Éxodo 32
Dios Habla Hoy
Éxodo 32
Dios Habla Hoy
32 Al ver los israelitas que Moisés tardaba en bajar del monte, se juntaron alrededor de Aarón y le dijeron:
—Anda, haznos dioses que nos guíen, porque no sabemos qué le ha pasado a este Moisés que nos sacó de Egipto.
2 Y Aarón les contestó:
—Quítenles a sus mujeres, hijos e hijas, los aretes de oro que llevan en las orejas, y tráiganmelos aquí.
3 Todos se quitaron los aretes de oro que llevaban en las orejas, y se los llevaron a Aarón, 4 quien los recibió, y fundió el oro, y con un cincel lo trabajó hasta darle la forma de un becerro. Entonces todos dijeron:
—¡Israel, éste es tu dios, que te sacó de Egipto!
5 Cuando Aarón vio esto, construyó un altar ante el becerro, y luego gritó:
—¡Mañana haremos fiesta en honor del Señor!
6 Al día siguiente por la mañana se levantaron y ofrecieron holocaustos y sacrificios de reconciliación. Después el pueblo se sentó a comer y beber, y luego se levantaron a divertirse. 7 Entonces el Señor le dijo a Moisés:
—Anda, baja, porque tu pueblo, el que sacaste de Egipto, se ha echado a perder. 8 Muy pronto se han apartado del camino que yo les ordené seguir. Se han hecho un becerro de oro fundido, y lo están adorando y presentándole ofrendas; y dicen: “¡Israel, éste es tu dios, que te sacó de Egipto!”
9 Además, el Señor le dijo a Moisés:
—Me he fijado en esta gente, y me he dado cuenta de que son muy tercos. 10 ¡Ahora déjame en paz, que estoy ardiendo de enojo y voy a acabar con ellos! Pero de ti voy a hacer una gran nación.
11 Moisés, sin embargo, trató de calmar al Señor su Dios con estas palabras:
—Señor, ¿por qué vas a arder de enojo contra tu pueblo, el que tú mismo sacaste de Egipto con gran despliegue de poder? 12 ¿Cómo vas a dejar que digan los egipcios: “Dios los sacó con la mala intención de matarlos en las montañas, para borrarlos de la superficie de la tierra”? Deja ya de arder de enojo; renuncia a la idea de hacer daño a tu pueblo. 13 Acuérdate de tus siervos Abraham, Isaac e Israel, a quienes juraste por ti mismo y les dijiste: “Haré que los descendientes de ustedes sean tan numerosos como las estrellas del cielo, y toda esta tierra que les he prometido a ustedes se la daré como su herencia para siempre.”
14 El Señor renunció a la idea que había expresado de hacer daño a su pueblo. 15 Entonces Moisés se dispuso a bajar del monte, trayendo en sus manos las dos tablas de la ley, las cuales estaban escritas por los dos lados. 16 Dios mismo había hecho las tablas, y Dios mismo había grabado lo que estaba escrito en ellas.
17 Cuando Josué escuchó los gritos de la gente, le dijo a Moisés:
—Se oyen gritos de guerra en el campamento.
18 Pero Moisés contestó:
—No son cantos alegres de victoria, ni son cantos tristes de derrota; son otros cantos los que escucho.
19 En cuanto Moisés se acercó al campamento y vio el becerro y los bailes, ardió de enojo y arrojó de sus manos las tablas, haciéndolas pedazos al pie del monte; 20 en seguida agarró el becerro y lo arrojó al fuego, luego lo molió hasta hacerlo polvo, y el polvo lo roció sobre el agua; entonces hizo que los israelitas bebieran de aquella agua. 21 Y le dijo a Aarón:
—¿Qué te hizo este pueblo, que le has hecho cometer un pecado tan grande?
22 Y Aarón contestó:
—Señor mío, no te enojes conmigo. Tú bien sabes que a esta gente le gusta hacer lo malo. 23 Ellos me dijeron: “Haznos un dios que nos guíe, porque no sabemos qué pudo haberle pasado a este Moisés que nos sacó de Egipto.” 24 Yo les contesté: “El que tenga oro, que lo aparte.” Ellos me dieron el oro, yo lo eché en el fuego, ¡y salió este becerro!
25 Moisés se fijó en que el pueblo estaba desenfrenado y expuesto a las burlas de sus enemigos, pues Aarón no lo había controlado, 26 así que se puso de pie a la entrada del campamento y dijo:
—Los que estén de parte del Señor, júntense conmigo.
Y todos los levitas se le unieron. 27 Entonces Moisés les dijo:
—Así dice el Señor, el Dios de Israel: “Tome cada uno de ustedes la espada, regresen al campamento, y vayan de puerta en puerta, matando cada uno de ustedes a su hermano, amigo o vecino.”
28 Los levitas cumplieron las órdenes de Moisés, y ese día murieron como tres mil hombres. 29 Entonces Moisés dijo:
—Hoy reciben ustedes plena autoridad ante el Señor, por haberse opuesto unos a su hijo y otros a su hermano. Así que hoy el Señor los bendice.
30 Al día siguiente, Moisés dijo a la gente:
—Ustedes han cometido un gran pecado. Ahora voy a tener que subir a donde está el Señor, a ver si consigo que los perdone.
31 Y así Moisés volvió a donde estaba el Señor, y le dijo:
—Realmente el pueblo cometió un gran pecado al hacerse un dios de oro. 32 Yo te ruego que los perdones; pero si no los perdonas, ¡borra mi nombre del libro que has escrito!
33 Pero el Señor le contestó:
—Sólo borraré de mi libro al que peque contra mí. 34 Así que, anda, lleva al pueblo al lugar que te dije. Mi ángel te guiará. Y cuando llegue el día del castigo, yo los castigaré por su pecado.
35 Y el Señor envió una plaga sobre el pueblo por haber adorado al becerro que Aarón les hizo.
Exodus 32
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Exodus 32
New International Version
The Golden Calf
32 When the people saw that Moses was so long in coming down from the mountain,(A) they gathered around Aaron and said, “Come, make us gods[a] who will go before(B) us. As for this fellow Moses who brought us up out of Egypt, we don’t know what has happened to him.”(C)
2 Aaron answered them, “Take off the gold earrings(D) that your wives, your sons and your daughters are wearing, and bring them to me.” 3 So all the people took off their earrings and brought them to Aaron. 4 He took what they handed him and made it into an idol(E) cast in the shape of a calf,(F) fashioning it with a tool. Then they said, “These are your gods,[b](G) Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.”(H)
5 When Aaron saw this, he built an altar in front of the calf and announced, “Tomorrow there will be a festival(I) to the Lord.” 6 So the next day the people rose early and sacrificed burnt offerings and presented fellowship offerings.(J) Afterward they sat down to eat and drink(K) and got up to indulge in revelry.(L)
7 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go down, because your people, whom you brought up out of Egypt,(M) have become corrupt.(N) 8 They have been quick to turn away(O) from what I commanded them and have made themselves an idol(P) cast in the shape of a calf.(Q) They have bowed down to it and sacrificed(R) to it and have said, ‘These are your gods, Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.’(S)
9 “I have seen these people,” the Lord said to Moses, “and they are a stiff-necked(T) people. 10 Now leave me alone(U) so that my anger may burn against them and that I may destroy(V) them. Then I will make you into a great nation.”(W)
11 But Moses sought the favor(X) of the Lord his God. “Lord,” he said, “why should your anger burn against your people, whom you brought out of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand?(Y) 12 Why should the Egyptians say, ‘It was with evil intent that he brought them out, to kill them in the mountains and to wipe them off the face of the earth’?(Z) Turn from your fierce anger; relent and do not bring disaster(AA) on your people. 13 Remember(AB) your servants Abraham, Isaac and Israel, to whom you swore by your own self:(AC) ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars(AD) in the sky and I will give your descendants all this land(AE) I promised them, and it will be their inheritance forever.’” 14 Then the Lord relented(AF) and did not bring on his people the disaster he had threatened.
15 Moses turned and went down the mountain with the two tablets of the covenant law(AG) in his hands.(AH) They were inscribed(AI) on both sides, front and back. 16 The tablets were the work of God; the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets.(AJ)
17 When Joshua(AK) heard the noise of the people shouting, he said to Moses, “There is the sound of war in the camp.”
18 Moses replied:
“It is not the sound of victory,
it is not the sound of defeat;
it is the sound of singing that I hear.”
19 When Moses approached the camp and saw the calf(AL) and the dancing,(AM) his anger burned(AN) and he threw the tablets out of his hands, breaking them to pieces(AO) at the foot of the mountain. 20 And he took the calf the people had made and burned(AP) it in the fire; then he ground it to powder,(AQ) scattered it on the water(AR) and made the Israelites drink it.
21 He said to Aaron, “What did these people do to you, that you led them into such great sin?”
22 “Do not be angry,(AS) my lord,” Aaron answered. “You know how prone these people are to evil.(AT) 23 They said to me, ‘Make us gods who will go before us. As for this fellow Moses who brought us up out of Egypt, we don’t know what has happened to him.’(AU) 24 So I told them, ‘Whoever has any gold jewelry, take it off.’ Then they gave me the gold, and I threw it into the fire, and out came this calf!”(AV)
25 Moses saw that the people were running wild and that Aaron had let them get out of control and so become a laughingstock(AW) to their enemies. 26 So he stood at the entrance to the camp and said, “Whoever is for the Lord, come to me.” And all the Levites rallied to him.
27 Then he said to them, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘Each man strap a sword to his side. Go back and forth through the camp from one end to the other, each killing his brother and friend and neighbor.’”(AX) 28 The Levites did as Moses commanded, and that day about three thousand of the people died. 29 Then Moses said, “You have been set apart to the Lord today, for you were against your own sons and brothers, and he has blessed you this day.”
30 The next day Moses said to the people, “You have committed a great sin.(AY) But now I will go up to the Lord; perhaps I can make atonement(AZ) for your sin.”
31 So Moses went back to the Lord and said, “Oh, what a great sin these people have committed!(BA) They have made themselves gods of gold.(BB) 32 But now, please forgive their sin(BC)—but if not, then blot me(BD) out of the book(BE) you have written.”
33 The Lord replied to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against me I will blot out(BF) of my book. 34 Now go, lead(BG) the people to the place(BH) I spoke of, and my angel(BI) will go before you. However, when the time comes for me to punish,(BJ) I will punish them for their sin.”
35 And the Lord struck the people with a plague because of what they did with the calf(BK) Aaron had made.
Footnotes
- Exodus 32:1 Or a god; also in verses 23 and 31
- Exodus 32:4 Or This is your god; also in verse 8
Exodus 32
King James Version
Exodus 32
King James Version
32 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 today 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.
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