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Exodus 32:23-25
Lexham English Bible
Exodus 32:23-25
Lexham English Bible
23 And they said to me, ‘Make for us gods who will go before us, because this Moses, the man who brought us up from the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.’ 24 And I said to them, ‘Whoever has gold, take it off.’ And they gave it to me, and I threw it in the fire, and out came this bull calf.”
25 And Moses saw the people, that they were running wild[a] because Aaron had allowed them to run wild,[b] for a laughingstock among their enemies.[c]
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- Exodus 32:25 Or “out of control,” “running loose”
- Exodus 32:25 Or “to be out of control,” “to run loose”
- Exodus 32:25 Literally “those arising against them”
Exodus 32:23-25
New International Version
Exodus 32:23-25
New International Version
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.’(A) 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!”(B)
25 Moses saw that the people were running wild and that Aaron had let them get out of control and so become a laughingstock(C) to their enemies.
Exodus 32:23-25
New King James Version
Exodus 32:23-25
New King James Version
23 For they said to me, ‘Make us gods that shall go before us; as for this Moses, the man who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.’ 24 And I said to them, ‘Whoever has any gold, let them break it off.’ So they gave it to me, and I cast it into the fire, and this calf came out.”
25 Now when Moses saw that the people were (A)unrestrained (for Aaron (B)had not restrained them, to their shame among their enemies),
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Exodus 32:23-25
English Standard Version
Exodus 32:23-25
English Standard Version
23 For (A)they said to me, ‘Make us gods who shall go before us. As for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.’ 24 So (B)I said to them, ‘Let any who have gold take it off.’ So they gave it to me, and I threw it into the fire, and out came this calf.”
25 And when Moses saw that the people had broken loose (for Aaron had let them break loose, (C)to the derision of their enemies),
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