They have turned aside quickly out of the way that (A)I commanded them. They have made for themselves a golden calf and have worshiped it and sacrificed to it and said, ‘These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!’”

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They have been quick to turn away(A) from what I commanded them and have made themselves an idol(B) cast in the shape of a calf.(C) They have bowed down to it and sacrificed(D) to it and have said, ‘These are your gods, Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.’(E)

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28 So the king took counsel and (A)made two calves of gold. And he said to the people, “You have gone up to Jerusalem long enough. (B)Behold your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.”

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28 After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves.(A) He said to the people, “It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. Here are your gods, Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.”(B)

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23 (A)You shall not make gods of silver to be with me, nor shall you make for yourselves gods of gold.

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23 Do not make any gods to be alongside me;(A) do not make for yourselves gods of silver or gods of gold.(B)

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(A)“You shall have no other gods before[a] me.

(B)“You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.

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  1. Exodus 20:3 Or besides

“You shall have no other gods before[a] me.(A)

“You shall not make for yourself an image(B) in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below.

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  1. Exodus 20:3 Or besides

16 And (A)I looked, and behold, you had sinned against the Lord your God. You had made yourselves a golden[a] calf. (B)You had turned aside quickly from the way that the Lord had commanded you.

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  1. Deuteronomy 9:16 Hebrew cast metal

16 When I looked, I saw that you had sinned against the Lord your God; you had made for yourselves an idol cast in the shape of a calf.(A) You had turned aside quickly from the way that the Lord had commanded you.

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17 Yet they did not listen to their judges, for (A)they whored after other gods and bowed down to them. (B)They soon turned aside from the way in which their fathers had walked, who had obeyed the commandments of the Lord, and they did not do so.

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17 Yet they would not listen to their judges but prostituted(A) themselves to other gods(B) and worshiped them.(C) They quickly turned(D) from the ways of their ancestors, who had been obedient to the Lord’s commands.(E)

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20 (A)“Whoever sacrifices to any god, other than the Lord alone, shall be devoted to destruction.[a]

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  1. Exodus 22:20 That is, set apart (devoted) as an offering to the Lord (for destruction)

20 “Whoever sacrifices to any god(A) other than the Lord must be destroyed.[a](B)

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  1. Exodus 22:20 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.

(A)And he received the gold from their hand and fashioned it with a graving tool and made a golden[a] calf. And they said, (B)“These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!”

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  1. Exodus 32:4 Hebrew cast metal; also verse 8

He took what they handed him and made it into an idol(A) cast in the shape of a calf,(B) fashioning it with a tool. Then they said, “These are your gods,[a](C) Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.”(D)

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  1. Exodus 32:4 Or This is your god; also in verse 8