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Exodus 31:18-32:10
New International Version
Exodus 31:18-32:10
New International Version
18 When the Lord finished speaking to Moses on Mount Sinai,(A) he gave him the two tablets of the covenant law, the tablets of stone(B) inscribed by the finger of God.(C)
The Golden Calf
32 When the people saw that Moses was so long in coming down from the mountain,(D) they gathered around Aaron and said, “Come, make us gods[a] who will go before(E) us. As for this fellow Moses who brought us up out of Egypt, we don’t know what has happened to him.”(F)
2 Aaron answered them, “Take off the gold earrings(G) 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(H) cast in the shape of a calf,(I) fashioning it with a tool. Then they said, “These are your gods,[b](J) Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.”(K)
5 When Aaron saw this, he built an altar in front of the calf and announced, “Tomorrow there will be a festival(L) to the Lord.” 6 So the next day the people rose early and sacrificed burnt offerings and presented fellowship offerings.(M) Afterward they sat down to eat and drink(N) and got up to indulge in revelry.(O)
7 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go down, because your people, whom you brought up out of Egypt,(P) have become corrupt.(Q) 8 They have been quick to turn away(R) from what I commanded them and have made themselves an idol(S) cast in the shape of a calf.(T) They have bowed down to it and sacrificed(U) to it and have said, ‘These are your gods, Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.’(V)
9 “I have seen these people,” the Lord said to Moses, “and they are a stiff-necked(W) people. 10 Now leave me alone(X) so that my anger may burn against them and that I may destroy(Y) them. Then I will make you into a great nation.”(Z)
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 31:18-32:10
King James Version
Exodus 31:18-32:10
King James Version
18 And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.
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.
Exodus 31:18-32:10
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
Exodus 31:18-32:10
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
18 And the Lord, when he had ended these words in mount Sinai, gave to Moses two stone tables of testimony, written with the finger of God.
32 And the people seeing that Moses delayed to come down from the mount, gathering together against Aaron, said: Arise, make us gods, that may go before us: for as to this Moses, the man that brought us out of the land of Egypt, we know not what has befallen him.
2 And Aaron said to them: Take the golden earrings from the ears of your wives, and your sons and daughters, and bring them to me.
3 And the people did what he had commanded, bringing the earrings to Aaron.
4 And when he had received them, he fashioned them by founders' work, and made of them a molten calf. And they said: These are thy gods, O Israel, that have brought thee out of the land of Egypt.
5 And when Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it, and made proclamation by a crier's voice, saying: To morrow is the solemnity of the Lord.
6 And rising in the morning, they offered holocausts, and peace victims, and the people sat down to eat, and drink, and they rose up to play.
7 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: Go, get thee down: thy people, which thou hast brought out of the land of Egypt, hath sinned.
8 They have quickly strayed from the way which thou didst shew them: and they have made to themselves a molten calf, and have adored it, and sacrificing victims to it, have said: These are thy gods, O Israel, that have brought thee out of the land of Egypt.
9 And again the Lord said to Moses: See that this people is stiffnecked:
10 Let me alone, that my wrath may be kindled against them, and that I may destroy them, and I will make of thee a great nation.
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