Exodus 32

1When the people saw that Moses delayed coming down from the mountain, the people gathered themselves together to Aaron, and said to him, “Come, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we don’t know what has become of him.”Cross-references: Gen 19:14 · Gen 21:26 · Gen 39:8 · Gen 44:4 · Gen 44:15 · Ex 13:21 · +20 more

2Aaron said to them, “Take off the golden rings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them to me.”Cross-references: Gen 24:22 · Gen 24:47 · Ex 12:35 · Ex 35:22 · Judg 8:24 · Ezek 16:11 · +2 more

3All the people took off the golden rings which were in their ears, and brought them to Aaron.Cross-references: Judg 17:3 · Isa 40:19 · Isa 46:6 · Jer 10:9

4He received what they handed him, fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made it a molded calf. Then they said, “These are your gods, Israel, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt.”Cross-references: Ex 20:2 · Ex 20:23 · Ex 28:9 · Ex 28:11 · Ex 32:1 · Ex 32:8 · +18 more

5When Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made a proclamation, and said, “Tomorrow shall be a feast to Yahweh.”Cross-references: Ex 10:9 · Ex 12:14 · Ex 32:4 · Lev 23:2 · Lev 23:4 · Lev 23:21 · +10 more

6They rose up early on the next day, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.Cross-references: Ex 24:4 · Ex 32:17 · Num 25:2 · Judg 16:23 · Amos 2:8 · Amos 8:10 · +3 more

7Yahweh spoke to Moses, “Go, get down; for your people, whom you brought up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves!Cross-references: Gen 6:11 · Ex 19:24 · Ex 32:1 · Ex 32:4 · Ex 32:11 · Ex 33:1 · +6 more

8They have turned away quickly out of the way which I commanded them. They have made themselves a molded calf, and have worshiped it, and have sacrificed to it, and said, ‘These are your gods, Israel, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt.’”Cross-references: Ex 20:3 · Ex 20:23 · Ex 22:20 · Ex 32:4 · Deut 9:16 · Judg 2:17 · +1 more

9Yahweh said to Moses, “I have seen these people, and behold, they are a stiff-necked people.Cross-references: Ex 33:3 · Ex 33:5 · Ex 34:9 · Deut 9:6 · Deut 9:13 · Deut 10:16 · +10 more

10Now therefore leave me alone, that my wrath may burn hot against them, and that I may consume them; and I will make of you a great nation.”Cross-references: Gen 18:32 · Gen 32:26 · Ex 22:24 · Ex 32:11 · Ex 32:19 · Num 14:12 · +8 more

11Moses begged Yahweh his God, and said, “Yahweh, why does your wrath burn hot against your people, that you have brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?Cross-references: Num 11:11 · Num 16:22 · Deut 9:18 · Deut 9:26 · Ps 74:1 · Ps 106:23 · +2 more

12Why should the Egyptians talk, saying, ‘He brought them out for evil, to kill them in the mountains, and to consume them from the surface of the earth’? Turn from your fierce wrath, and turn away from this evil against your people.Cross-references: Gen 6:6 · Ex 32:14 · Num 14:13 · Deut 9:28 · Deut 13:17 · Deut 32:26 · +17 more

13Remember 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 the sky, and all this land that I have spoken of I will give to your offspring, and they shall inherit it forever.’”Cross-references: Gen 12:2 · Gen 12:7 · Gen 13:15 · Gen 15:5 · Gen 15:7 · Gen 15:18 · +10 more

14So Yahweh turned away from the evil which he said he would do to his people.Cross-references: Deut 32:26 · 2Sam 24:16 · 1Chr 21:15 · Ps 106:45 · Jer 18:8 · Jer 26:13 · +4 more

15Moses turned, and went down from the mountain, with the two tablets of the covenant in his hand; tablets that were written on both their sides. They were written on one side and on the other.Cross-references: Ex 16:34 · Ex 24:18 · Ex 31:18 · Ex 40:20 · Deut 5:22 · Deut 9:15 · +2 more

16The tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets.Cross-references: Ex 31:18 · Ex 34:1 · Ex 34:4 · Deut 9:9 · Deut 9:15 · Deut 10:1 · +3 more

17When Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said to Moses, “There is the noise of war in the camp.”Cross-references: Ex 17:9 · Ex 24:13 · Ex 32:18 · Josh 6:5 · Josh 6:10 · Josh 6:16 · +11 more

18He said, “It isn’t the voice of those who shout for victory. It is not the voice of those who cry for being overcome; but the noise of those who sing that I hear.”Cross-references: Ex 15:1 · Dan 5:4 · Dan 5:23

19As soon as he came near to the camp, he saw the calf and the dancing. Then Moses’ anger grew hot, and he threw the tablets out of his hands, and broke them beneath the mountain.Cross-references: Ex 15:20 · Ex 32:4 · Ex 32:11 · Num 12:3 · Deut 9:16 · Deut 27:26 · +9 more

20He took the calf which they had made, and burned it with fire, ground it to powder, and scattered it on the water, and made the children of Israel drink it.Cross-references: Deut 7:5 · Deut 7:25 · Deut 9:21 · 2Ki 23:6 · 2Ki 23:15 · Prov 1:31 · +1 more

21Moses said to Aaron, “What did these people do to you, that you have brought a great sin on them?”Cross-references: Gen 20:9 · Gen 26:10 · Deut 13:6 · Josh 7:19 · 1Sam 26:19 · 1Ki 14:16 · +2 more

22Aaron said, “Don’t let the anger of my lord grow hot. You know the people, that they are set on evil.Cross-references: Ex 14:11 · Ex 15:24 · Ex 16:2 · Ex 16:20 · Ex 16:28 · Ex 17:2 · +6 more

23For they said to me, ‘Make us gods, which shall go before us. As for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we don’t know what has become of him.’Cross-references: Ex 32:1 · Ex 32:8

24I said to them, ‘Whoever has any gold, let them take it off.’ So they gave it to me; and I threw it into the fire, and out came this calf.”Cross-references: Gen 3:12 · Ex 32:4 · Luke 10:29 · Rom 3:10

25When Moses saw that the people were out of control, (for Aaron had let them lose control, causing derision among their enemies),Cross-references: Gen 3:10 · Ex 33:4 · Deut 9:20 · 2Chr 28:19 · Isa 47:3 · Ezek 16:63 · +6 more

26then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, “Whoever is on Yahweh’s side, come to me!” All the sons of Levi gathered themselves together to him.Cross-references: Josh 5:13 · 2Sam 20:11 · 2Ki 9:32 · Matt 12:30

27He said to them, “Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, ‘Every man put his sword on his thigh, and go back and forth from gate to gate throughout the camp, and every man kill his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbor.’”Cross-references: Ex 32:26 · Ex 32:29 · Num 25:5 · Num 25:7 · Deut 33:8 · Luke 14:26 · +1 more

28The sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses. About three thousand men fell of the people that day.Cross-references: Num 16:32 · Num 16:41 · Deut 33:9 · Mal 2:4 · 1Cor 10:8 · Heb 2:2

29Moses said, “Consecrate yourselves today to Yahweh, for every man was against his son and against his brother, that he may give you a blessing today.”Cross-references: Num 25:11 · Deut 13:6 · Deut 33:9 · 1Sam 15:18 · Prov 21:3 · Joel 2:12 · +2 more

30On the next day, Moses said to the people, “You have sinned a great sin. Now I will go up to Yahweh. Perhaps I shall make atonement for your sin.”Cross-references: Ex 32:31 · Num 16:47 · Num 25:13 · 1Sam 2:17 · 1Sam 12:20 · 1Sam 12:23 · +12 more

31Moses returned to Yahweh, and said, “Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made themselves gods of gold.Cross-references: Ex 20:4 · Ex 20:23 · Ex 32:30 · Ex 34:28 · Deut 9:18 · Ezra 9:6 · +5 more

32Yet now, if you will, forgive their sin—and if not, please blot me out of your book which you have written.”Cross-references: Ex 32:10 · Num 14:19 · Deut 9:14 · Deut 25:19 · Deut 29:20 · Ps 56:8 · +13 more

33Yahweh said to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against me, I will blot him out of my book.Cross-references: Lev 23:30 · Deut 29:20 · Ps 9:5 · Ps 69:28 · Ps 109:13 · Ezek 18:4 · +3 more

34Now go, lead the people to the place of which I have spoken to you. Behold, my angel shall go before you. Nevertheless, in the day when I punish, I will punish them for their sin.”Cross-references: Ex 3:17 · Ex 20:5 · Ex 23:20 · Ex 33:2 · Ex 33:14 · Num 14:27 · +9 more

35Yahweh struck the people, because of what they did with the calf, which Aaron made.Cross-references: Ex 32:4 · Ex 32:25 · 2Sam 12:9 · Matt 27:3 · Acts 1:18 · Acts 7:41