Exodus Chapter 32

Exodus Chapter 32
1 But when the people saw, that Moses
tarried long or he came down from the
mountain, the people gathered
themselves together against Aaron, and
said unto him, Up, make us gods to go
before us: for of this Moses (the man that
brought us out of the land of Egypt) we
know not what is become of him. 2 And
Aaron said unto them, Pluck off the
golden earrings, which are in the ears of
your wives, of your sons, and of your
daughters, and bring them unto me.
3 Then all the people plucked from
themselves the golden earrings, which
were in their ears, and they brought them
unto Aaron.
4 Who received them at their hands, and
fashioned it with the graving tool, and
made of it a molten calf: then they said,
These be thy gods, O Israel, which
brought thee out of the land of Egypt
5 When Aaron saw that, he made an
altar before it: and Aaron proclaimed,
saying, Tomorrow shall be the holy day
of the Lord.
6 So they rose up the next day in the
morning, and offered burnt offerings, and
brought peace offerings: also the people
sat them down to eat and drink, and rose
up to play.
7 Then the Lord said unto Moses, Go,
get thee down: for thy people which thou
hast brought out of the land of Egypt,
hath corrupted their ways. 8 They are
soon turned out of the way, which I
commanded them: for they have made
them a molten calf and have worshiped
it, and have offered thereto, saying,
These be thy gods, O Israel, which have
brought thee out of the land of Egypt.
9 Again the Lord said unto Moses, I
have seen this people, and behold, it is a
stiff-necked people.
10 Now therefore let me alone, that my
wrath may wax hot against them, for I
will consume them: but I will make of
thee a mighty people.
11 But Moses prayed unto the Lord his
God, and said, O Lord, why doth thy
wrath wax hot against thy people, which
thou hast brought out of the land of
Egypt, with great power and with a
mighty hand?
12 Wherefore shall the Egyptians speak,
and say, He hath brought them out
maliciously for to slay them in the
mountains, and to consume them from the
earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and
change thy mind from this evil toward
thy people.
13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and
Israel thy servants, to whom thou
swearest by thine own self, and saidst
unto them, I will multiply your seed, as
the stars of the heaven, and all this land,
that I have spoken of, will I give unto
your seed, and they shall inherit it
forever.
14 Then the Lord changed his mind from
the evil, which he threatened to do unto
his people.
15 So Moses returned and went down
from the mountain with the two tables of
the testimony in his hand: the tables were
written on both their sides, even on the
one side and on the other were they
written.
16 And these tables were the work of
God, and this writing was the writing of
God graven in the tables.
17 And when Joshua heard the noise of
the people, as they shouted, he said unto
Moses, There is a noise of war in the
host.
18 Who answered, It is not the noise of
them that have the victory, nor the noise
of them that are overcome: but I do hear
the noise of singing. 19 Now, as soon as
he came near unto the host, he saw the
calf and the dancing: so Moses wrath
waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of
his hands, and brake them in pieces
beneath the mountain.
20 After, he took the calf, which they
had made, and burned it in the fire, and
ground it unto powder, and strewed it
upon the water, and made the children of
Israel drink of it.
21 Also Moses said unto Aaron, What
did this people unto thee, that thou hast
brought so great a sin upon them?
22 Then Aaron answered, Let not the
wrath of my Lord wax fierce: Thou
knowest this people, that they are even
set on mischief. 23 And they said unto
me, Make us gods to go before us: for
we know not what is become of this
Moses (the man that brought us out of the
land of Egypt.)
24 Then I said to them, Ye that have
gold, pluck it off: and they brought it me,
and I did cast it into the fire, and thereof
came this calf. 25 Moses therefore saw
that the people were naked (for Aaron
had made them naked unto their shame
among their enemies)
26 And Moses stood in the gate of the
camp, and said, Who pertaineth to the
Lord? Let him come to me. And all the
sons of Levi gathered themselves unto
him.
27 Then he said unto them, Thus saith the
Lord God of Israel, Put every man his
sword by his side: go to and from, from
gate to gate, through the host, and slay
every man his brother, and every man his
companion, and every man his neighbor.
28 So the children of Levi did as Moses
had commanded: and there fell of the
people the same day about three
thousand men.
29 (For Moses had said, Consecrate
your hands unto the Lord this day, even
every man upon his son, and upon his
brother, that there may be given you a
blessing this day)
30 And when the morning came, Moses
said unto the people, Ye have committed
a grievous crime: but now I will go up to
the Lord, if I may pacify him for your
sin.
31 Moses therefore went again unto the
Lord, and said, Oh, this people have
sinned a great sin, and have made them
gods of gold.
32 Therefore now if thou pardon their
sin, thy mercy shall appear: but if thou
wilt not, I pray thee, erase me out of thy
book, which thou hast written. 33 Then
the Lord said to Moses, Whosoever hath
sinned against me, I will put him out of
my book.
34 Go now therefore, bring the people
unto the place which I commanded thee:
behold, mine angel shall go before thee,
but yet in the day of my visitation I will
visit their sin upon them.
35 So the Lord plagued the people,
because they caused Aaron to make the
calf which he made.