NITHYAM SONGSExodus 32
World English Bible (WEB) • 35 verses
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.”
RelatedActs 7:40 · Deuteronomy 9:9 · Matthew 24:48 · Exodus 24:18 · 2 Peter 3:4 · Deuteronomy 9:11-12
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.”
RelatedJudges 8:24-27 · Exodus 12:35-36 · Ezekiel 16:11-12 · Hosea 2:8 · Ezekiel 16:17 · Genesis 24:47
3All the people took off the golden rings which were in their ears, and brought them to Aaron.
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.”
5When Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made a proclamation, and said, “Tomorrow shall be a feast to the LORD.”
Related2 Kings 10:20 · Leviticus 23:37 · Leviticus 23:2 · 2 Chronicles 30:5 · 1 Samuel 14:35 · Exodus 12:14
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.
Related1 Corinthians 10:7 · Numbers 25:2 · Acts 7:41-42 · Exodus 32:17-19 · Amos 2:8 · Revelation 11:10
7The LORD spoke to Moses, “Go, get down; for your people, whom you brought up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves!
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.’”
9The LORD said to Moses, “I have seen these people, and behold, they are a stiff-necked people.
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.”
RelatedDeuteronomy 9:14 · Numbers 14:12 · Deuteronomy 9:19 · Numbers 16:45-48 · Exodus 22:24 · Numbers 16:22
11Moses begged the LORD his God, and said, “LORD, 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?
RelatedDeuteronomy 9:18-20 · Deuteronomy 9:26-29 · Psalms 106:23 · Psalms 74:1-2 · Isaiah 63:17 · Jeremiah 12:1-2
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.
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.’”
RelatedHebrews 6:13 · Genesis 22:16 · Genesis 12:7 · Genesis 15:18 · Genesis 15:5 · Genesis 35:11-12
14So the LORD turned away from the evil which he said he would do to his people.
RelatedJonah 3:10 · Jeremiah 26:13 · Psalms 106:45 · Jeremiah 18:8 · 1 Chronicles 21:15 · 2 Samuel 24:16
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.
RelatedDeuteronomy 9:15 · Exodus 40:20 · Psalms 19:7 · Exodus 31:18 · Deuteronomy 5:22 · Exodus 24:18
16The tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets.
RelatedExodus 31:18 · Hebrews 8:10 · Deuteronomy 9:9-11 · Exodus 34:4 · Deuteronomy 10:1 · 2 Corinthians 3:3
17When Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said to Moses, “There is the noise of war in the camp.”
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.”
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.
RelatedDeuteronomy 9:16-17 · Deuteronomy 27:26 · 2 Samuel 6:14 · Mark 3:5 · Exodus 15:20 · Mark 10:14
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.
RelatedDeuteronomy 9:21 · Deuteronomy 7:5 · 2 Kings 23:6 · 2 Kings 23:15 · Proverbs 1:31 · Deuteronomy 7:25
21Moses said to Aaron, “What did these people do to you, that you have brought a great sin on them?”
RelatedGenesis 20:9 · Joshua 7:19-26 · Deuteronomy 13:6-8 · 1 Kings 14:16 · 1 Samuel 26:19 · 1 Kings 21:22
22Aaron said, “Don’t let the anger of my lord grow hot. You know the people, that they are set on evil.
RelatedDeuteronomy 9:24 · Exodus 16:20 · Psalms 36:4 · Proverbs 4:16 · 1 Samuel 15:24 · Exodus 15:24
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.’
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.”
25When Moses saw that the people were out of control, (for Aaron had let them lose control, causing derision among their enemies),
26then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, “Whoever is on the LORD’s side, come to me!” All the sons of Levi gathered themselves together to him.
27He said to them, “The LORD, 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.’”
RelatedNumbers 25:5 · Luke 14:26 · Deuteronomy 33:8-9 · Exodus 32:29 · Exodus 32:26 · 2 Corinthians 5:16
28The sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses. About three thousand men fell of the people that day.
RelatedDeuteronomy 33:9 · Hebrews 2:2-3 · Malachi 2:4-6 · Numbers 16:32-35 · 1 Corinthians 10:8 · Numbers 16:41
29Moses said, “Consecrate yourselves today to the LORD, for every man was against his son and against his brother, that he may give you a blessing today.”
RelatedNumbers 25:11-13 · Zechariah 13:3 · Matthew 10:37 · Proverbs 21:3 · Deuteronomy 13:6-11 · Joel 2:12-14
30On the next day, Moses said to the people, “You have sinned a great sin. Now I will go up to the LORD. Perhaps I shall make atonement for your sin.”
31Moses returned to the LORD, and said, “Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made themselves gods of gold.
32Yet now, if you will, forgive their sin—and if not, please blot me out of your book which you have written.”
RelatedPsalms 69:28 · Romans 9:3 · Revelation 21:27 · Philippians 4:3 · Daniel 12:1 · Revelation 3:5
33The LORD said to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against me, I will blot him out of my book.
RelatedDeuteronomy 29:20 · Ezekiel 18:4 · Revelation 20:12 · Psalms 69:28 · Leviticus 23:30 · Psalms 9:5
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.”
RelatedExodus 23:20 · Deuteronomy 32:35 · Matthew 23:35 · Exodus 3:17 · Exodus 33:14-15 · Exodus 33:2
35The LORD struck the people, because of what they did with the calf, which Aaron made.
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