Verse 1
Exodus 32:1
Bible in Basic English
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And when the people saw that Moses was a long time coming down from the mountain, they all came to Aaron and said to him, Come, make us a god to go before us: as for this Moses, who took us up out of the land of Egypt, we have no idea what has become of him.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יַּ֣רְא הָ/עָ֔ם כִּֽי בֹשֵׁ֥שׁ מֹשֶׁ֖ה לָ/רֶ֣דֶת מִן הָ/הָ֑ר וַ/יִּקָּהֵ֨ל הָ/עָ֜ם עַֽל אַהֲרֹ֗ן וַ/יֹּאמְר֤וּ אֵלָי/ו֙ ק֣וּם עֲשֵׂה לָ֣/נוּ אֱלֹהִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֤ר יֵֽלְכוּ֙ לְ/פָנֵ֔י/נוּ כִּי זֶ֣ה מֹשֶׁ֣ה הָ/אִ֗ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֤ר הֶֽעֱלָ֨/נוּ֙ מֵ/אֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔יִם לֹ֥א יָדַ֖עְנוּ מֶה הָ֥יָה לֽ/וֹ
English Translation
And the people saw that Moses was delayed in coming down from the mountain, and the people gathered against Aaron and said to him, "Come, make for us gods that shall go before us, for this Moses, the man who brought us up from the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him."
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Chapter 32 Context
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And when the people saw that Moses was a long time coming down from the mountain, they all came to A...
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Then Aaron said to them, Take off the gold rings which are in the ears of your wives and your sons a...
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And all the people took the gold rings from their ears and gave them to Aaron.
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And he took the gold from them and, hammering it with an instrument, he made it into the metal image...
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And when Aaron saw this, he made an altar before it, and made a public statement, saying, Tomorrow t...
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So early on the day after they got up and made burned offerings and peace-offerings; and took their...
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And the Lord said to Moses, Go down quickly; for your people, whom you took out of the land of Egypt...
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Even now they are turned away from the rule I gave them, and have made themselves a metal ox and giv...
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And the Lord said to Moses, I have been watching this people, and I see that they are a stiff-necked...
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Now do not get in my way, for my wrath is burning against them; I will send destruction on them, but...
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But Moses made prayer to God (Elohim), saying, Lord, why is your wrath burning against your people w...
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Why let the Egyptians say, He took them out to an evil fate, to put them to death on the mountains,...
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Have in mind Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, to whom you gave your oath, saying, I will m...
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So the Lord let himself be turned from his purpose of sending punishment on his people.
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Then Moses came down the mountain with the two stones of the law in his hand; the stones had writing...
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The stones were the work of God (Elohim), and the writing was the writing of God (Elohim), cut on th...
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Now when the noise and the voices of the people came to the ears of Joshua, he said to Moses, There...
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And Moses said, It is not the voice of men who are overcoming in the fight, or the cry of those who...
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And when he came near the tents he saw the image of the ox, and the people dancing; and in his wrath...
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And he took the ox which they had made, burning it in the fire and crushing it to powder, and he put...
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And Moses said to Aaron, What did the people do to you that you let this great sin come on them?
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And Aaron said, Let not my lord be angry; you have seen how the purposes of this people are evil.
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For they said to me, Make us a god to go before us: as for this Moses, who took us up out of the lan...
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Then I said to them, Whoever has any gold, let him take it off; so they gave it to me, and I put it...
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And Moses saw that the people were out of control, for Aaron had let them loose to their shame befor...
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Then Moses took his place at the way into the tents, and said, Whoever is on the Lord's side, let hi...
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And he said to them, This is the word of the Lord, the God (Elohim) of Israel: Let every man take hi...
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And the sons of Levi did as Moses said; and about three thousand of the people were put to death tha...
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And Moses said, You have made yourselves priests to the Lord this day; for every one of you has made...
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And on the day after, Moses said to the people, Great has been your sin: but I will go up to the Lor...
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Then Moses went back to the Lord and said, This people has done a great sin, making themselves a god...
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But now, if you will give them forgiveness--but if not, let my name be taken out of your book.
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33
And the Lord said to Moses, Whoever has done evil against me will be taken out of my book.
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34
But now, go, take the people into that place of which I have given you word; see, my angel will go b...
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And the Lord sent punishment on the people because they gave worship to the ox which Aaron made.
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