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Title:       Old Testament, The
Book:        Exodus
Author:      Various
Date:        1885

Chapter 32

     And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mount,
the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up,
make us ^1 gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that
brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him.
And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden rings, which are in the ears of
your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me.  And
all the people brake off the golden rings which were in their ears, and
brought them unto Aaron.  And he received it at their hand, and fashioned it
with a graving tool, and made it a molten calf: and they said, ^2 These are
thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.  And when
Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and
said, To-morrow shall be a feast to Jehovah.  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.

[Footnote 1: Or, a god]

[Footnote 2: Or, This is thy God.]

     And Jehovah spake unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, that
thou broughtest up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves: 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 unto it,
and said, These are thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land
of Egypt.  And Jehovah said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold,
it is a stiffnecked people: 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.  And Moses besought Jehovah his God, and said, Jehovah, why doth thy
wrath wax hot against thy people, that thou hast brought forth out of the land
of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?  Wherefore should the
Egyptians speak, saying, For evil did he bring them forth, 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.  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.  And Jehovah repented of the evil which he said he would
do unto his people.

     And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, with the two tables of
the testimony in his hand; tables that were written on both their sides; on
the one side and on the other were they written.  And the tables were the work
of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables. 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.  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.  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.  And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt
it with fire, and ground it to powder, and strewed it upon the water, and made
the children of Israel drink of it.

     And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast
brought a great sin upon them?  And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord
wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they are set on evil.  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 know not what is become of
him.  And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it off: so
they gave it me: and I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf.

     And when Moses saw that the people were broken loose (for Aaron had let
them loose for a ^1 derision among their enemies), then Moses stood in the
gate of the camp, and said, Whoso is on Jehovah's side, let him come unto me.
And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him.  And he said
unto them, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Put ye every man his sword
upon his thigh, and go to and fro from gate to gate throughout the camp, and
slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his
neighbor.  And the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there
fell of the people that day about three thousand men.  And Moses said, ^2
Consecrate yourselves to-day to Jehovah, ^3 yea, every man ^4 against his son,
and ^4 against his brother; that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day.

[Footnote 1: Heb. whispering.]

[Footnote 2: Heb. Fill your hand.]

[Footnote 3: Or, for every man hath been against his son and against his
brother]

[Footnote 4: Or, upon]

     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 Jehovah; peradventure I
shall make atonement for your sin.  And Moses returned unto Jehovah, and said,
Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold.  Yet
now, if thou wilt forgive their sin - ; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out
of thy book which thou hast written.  And Jehovah said unto Moses, Whosoever
hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book.  And 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, will visit their
sin upon them.  And Jehovah smote the people, because they made the calf,
which Aaron made.