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1 When the people saw that Moses delayed coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron. They said to him, |We don't know what has happened to this Moses, who led us out of Egypt. Make gods who will lead us.| When the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, the people gathered themselves together to Aaron and said to him, “Up, 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.” When the people saw that Moses was so long in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said, “Come, 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.”
2 Aaron said to them, |Have your wives, sons, and daughters take off the gold earrings they are wearing, and bring them to me.| So Aaron said to them, “Take off the rings of gold that are in the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to me.” Aaron answered them, “Take off the gold earrings that your wives, your sons and your daughters are wearing, and bring them to me.”
3 So all the people took off their gold earrings and handed them to Aaron. So all the people took off the rings of gold that were in their ears and brought them to Aaron. So all the people took off their earrings and brought them to Aaron.
4 After he had worked on the gold with a tool, he made it into a statue of a calf. Then they said, |Israel, here are your gods who brought you out of Egypt.| And he received the gold from their hand and fashioned it with a graving tool and made a golden calf. And they said, “These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!” He took what they handed him and made it into an idol cast in the shape of a calf, fashioning it with a tool. Then they said, “These are your gods, Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.”
5 When Aaron saw this, he built an altar in front of it and announced, |Tomorrow there will be a festival in the LORD's honor.| When Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it. And Aaron made a proclamation and said, “Tomorrow shall be a feast to the LORD.” When Aaron saw this, he built an altar in front of the calf and announced, “Tomorrow there will be a festival to the LORD.”
6 Early the next day the people sacrificed burnt offerings and brought fellowship offerings. Afterward, they sat down to a feast, which turned into an orgy. And they rose up early the next day and offered burnt offerings and brought peace offerings. And the people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play. So the next day the people rose early and sacrificed burnt offerings and presented fellowship offerings. Afterward they sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.
7 The LORD said to Moses, |Go back down there. Your people whom you brought out of Egypt have ruined [everything]. And the LORD said to Moses, “Go down, for your people, whom you brought up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves. Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go down, because your people, whom you brought up out of Egypt, have become corrupt.
8 They've already turned from the way I commanded them to live. They've made a statue of a calf for themselves. They've bowed down to it and offered sacrifices to it. They've said, 'Israel, here are your gods who brought you out of Egypt.'| They have turned aside quickly out of the way that 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!’” They have been quick to turn away from what I commanded them and have made themselves an idol cast in the shape of a calf. They have bowed down to it and sacrificed to it and have said, ‘These are your gods, Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.’
9 The LORD added, |I've seen these people, and they are impossible to deal with. And the LORD said to Moses, “I have seen this people, and behold, it is a stiff-necked people. “I have seen these people,” the LORD said to Moses, “and they are a stiff-necked people.
10 Now leave me alone. I'm so angry with them I am going to destroy them. Then I'll make you into a great nation.| Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may burn hot against them and I may consume them, in order that I may make a great nation of you.” Now leave me alone so that my anger may burn against them and that I may destroy them. Then I will make you into a great nation.”
11 But Moses pleaded with the LORD his God. |LORD,| he said, |why are you so angry with your people whom you brought out of Egypt using your great power and mighty hand? But Moses implored the LORD his God and said, “O LORD, why does your wrath burn hot against your people, whom you have brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand? But Moses sought the favor of the LORD his God. “LORD,” he said, “why should your anger burn against your people, whom you brought out of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand?
12 Don't let the Egyptians say, 'He was planning all along to kill them in the mountains and wipe them off the face of the earth. That's why he brought them out [of our land].' Don't be so angry. Reconsider your decision to bring this disaster on your people. Why should the Egyptians say, ‘With evil intent did he bring them out, to kill them in the mountains and to consume them from the face of the earth’? Turn from your burning anger and relent from this disaster against your people. Why should the Egyptians say, ‘It was with evil intent that he brought them out, to kill them in the mountains and to wipe them off the face of the earth’? Turn from your fierce anger; relent and do not bring disaster on your people.
13 Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Israel. You took an oath, swearing on yourself. You told them, 'I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky. I will give to your descendants all the land I spoke of. It will be their permanent possession.'| Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, to whom you swore by your own self, and said to them, ‘I will multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have promised I will give to your offspring, and they shall inherit it forever.’” Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac and Israel, to whom you swore by your own self: ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and I will give your descendants all this land I promised them, and it will be their inheritance forever.’”
14 So the LORD reconsidered his threat to destroy his people. And the LORD relented from the disaster that he had spoken of bringing on his people. Then the LORD relented and did not bring on his people the disaster he had threatened.
15 Moses turned and went down the mountain carrying the two tablets with God's words. They were written on both sides, front and back. Then Moses turned and went down from the mountain with the two tablets of the testimony in his hand, tablets that were written on both sides; on the front and on the back they were written. Moses turned and went down the mountain with the two tablets of the covenant law in his hands. They were inscribed on both sides, front and back.
16 The tablets were the work of God, and the writing was God's writing inscribed on the tablets. The tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets. The tablets were the work of God; the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets.
17 Then Joshua heard the noise of the people shouting. He said to Moses, |It's the sound of war in the camp!| When Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said to Moses, “There is a noise of war in the camp.” When Joshua heard the noise of the people shouting, he said to Moses, “There is the sound of war in the camp.”
18 Moses replied, |It's not the sound of winners shouting. It's not the sound of losers crying. It's the sound of a wild celebration that I hear.| But he said, “It is not the sound of shouting for victory, or the sound of the cry of defeat, but the sound of singing that I hear.” Moses replied: “It is not the sound of victory, it is not the sound of defeat; it is the sound of singing that I hear.”
19 When he came near the camp, he saw the calf and the dancing. In a burst of anger Moses threw down the tablets and smashed them at the foot of the mountain. And as soon as he came near the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, Moses’ anger burned hot, and he threw the tablets out of his hands and broke them at the foot of the mountain. When Moses approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, his anger burned and he threw the tablets out of his hands, breaking them to pieces at the foot of the mountain.
20 Then he took the calf they had made, burned it, ground it into powder, scattered it on the water, and made the Israelites drink it. He took the calf that they had made and burned it with fire and ground it to powder and scattered it on the water and made the people of Israel drink it. And he took the calf the people had made and burned it in the fire; then he ground it to powder, scattered it on the water and made the Israelites drink it.
21 Moses asked Aaron, |What did these people do to you that you encouraged them to commit such a serious sin?| And Moses said to Aaron, “What did this people do to you that you have brought such a great sin upon them?” He said to Aaron, “What did these people do to you, that you led them into such great sin?”
22 |Don't be angry, sir,| Aaron answered. |You know that these people are evil. And Aaron said, “Let not the anger of my lord burn hot. You know the people, that they are set on evil. “Do not be angry, my lord,” Aaron answered. “You know how prone these people are to evil.
23 They said to me, 'We don't know what's happened to this Moses who brought us out of Egypt. Make gods for us. They will lead us.' For 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.’ 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.’
24 So I told them to take off any gold they were wearing. They gave it to me. I threw it into the fire, and out came this calf!| So 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.” 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!”
25 Aaron had let the people get out of control, and they became an object of ridicule to their enemies. When Moses saw this, And when Moses saw that the people had broken loose (for Aaron had let them break loose, to the derision of their enemies), Moses saw that the people were running wild and that Aaron had let them get out of control and so become a laughingstock to their enemies.
26 he stood at the entrance to the camp and said, |If you're on the LORD's side, come over here to me!| Then all the Levites gathered around him. then Moses stood in the gate of the camp and said, “Who is on the LORD’s side? Come to me.” And all the sons of Levi gathered around him. So he stood at the entrance to the camp and said, “Whoever is for the LORD, come to me.” And all the Levites rallied to him.
27 He said to them, |This is what the LORD God of Israel says: Each of you put on your sword. Go back and forth from one end of the camp to the other, and kill your relatives, friends, and neighbors.| And he said to them, “Thus says the LORD God of Israel, ‘Put your sword on your side each of you, and go to and fro from gate to gate throughout the camp, and each of you kill his brother and his companion and his neighbor.’” Then he said to them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Each man strap a sword to his side. Go back and forth through the camp from one end to the other, each killing his brother and friend and neighbor.’”
28 The Levites did what Moses told them, and that day about 3,000 people died. And the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses. And that day about three thousand men of the people fell. The Levites did as Moses commanded, and that day about three thousand of the people died.
29 Moses said, |Today you are ordained as the LORD's priests. God gave you a blessing today because each of you fought with your own sons and brothers.| And Moses said, “Today you have been ordained for the service of the LORD, each one at the cost of his son and of his brother, so that he might bestow a blessing upon you this day.” Then Moses said, “You have been set apart to the LORD today, for you were against your own sons and brothers, and he has blessed you this day.”
30 The next day Moses said to the people, |You have committed a serious sin. Now I will go up the mountain to the LORD. Maybe I will be able to make a payment for your sin and make peace with the LORD for your sin.| The next day Moses said to the people, “You have sinned a great sin. And now I will go up to the LORD; perhaps I can make atonement for your sin.” The next day Moses said to the people, “You have committed a great sin. But now I will go up to the LORD; perhaps I can make atonement for your sin.”
31 So Moses went back to the LORD and said, |These people have committed such a serious sin! They made gods out of gold for themselves. So Moses returned to the LORD and said, “Alas, this people has sinned a great sin. They have made for themselves gods of gold. So Moses went back to the LORD and said, “Oh, what a great sin these people have committed! They have made themselves gods of gold.
32 But will you forgive their sin? If not, please wipe me out of the book you have written.| But now, if you will forgive their sin—but if not, please blot me out of your book that you have written.” But now, please forgive their sin—but if not, then blot me out of the book you have written.”
33 The LORD answered Moses, |I will wipe out of my book whoever sins against me. But the LORD said to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against me, I will blot out of my book. The LORD replied to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against me I will blot out of my book.
34 Now, go! Lead the people to the place I told you about. My Messenger will go ahead of you. But when I punish, I will punish them for their sin.| But now go, lead the people to the place about which I have spoken to you; behold, my angel shall go before you. Nevertheless, in the day when I visit, I will visit their sin upon them.” Now go, lead the people to the place I spoke of, and my angel will go before you. However, when the time comes for me to punish, I will punish them for their sin.”
35 So the LORD killed people because they had Aaron make the calf. Then the LORD sent a plague on the people, because they made the calf, the one that Aaron made. And the LORD struck the people with a plague because of what they did with the calf Aaron had made.
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