These words, which I am ordering you today, are to be on your heart; and you are to teach them carefully to your children. You are to talk about them when you sit at home, when you are traveling on the road, when you lie down and when you get up. (Deuteronomy 6:6-7)
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King James Version (1769 Pure Cambridge Edition) and JPS Tanakh (1917).
Both texts are in the public domain. Some original names have been restored
Exodus 32
Tanakh 35 verses
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And when the people saw that delayed to come down from the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto , and said unto him: ‘Up, make us a who shall go before us; for as for this , the man that brought us up out of the land of , we not what is become of him.’
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Acts 7:40 Exodus 24:18 2 Peter 3:4 Deuteronomy 9:9 Exodus 14:11 Exodus 13:21 Exodus 32:7 Genesis 19:14 Genesis 21:26 Exodus 20:3-5 Genesis 39:8 Exodus 16:3 Joshua 7:13 Micah 6:4 Acts 19:26 Hosea 12:13 Exodus 33:3 Genesis 44:4 Deuteronomy 4:15-18 Genesis 44:15 Deuteronomy 9:11-12 Exodus 32:11 Acts 17:29 Exodus 33:14-15 Matthew 24:43 Matthew 24:48 -
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And 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.’
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And all the people broke off the golden rings which were in their ears, and brought them unto .
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And he received it at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, and made it a molten calf; and they said: ‘This is thy , O , which brought thee up out of the land of .’
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Nehemiah 9:18 Acts 7:41 Deuteronomy 9:16 Exodus 32:8 Judges 17:3-4 1 Kings 12:28 Acts 17:29 Isaiah 40:18-19 1 Kings 12:32 Hosea 8:4-5 2 Chronicles 13:8 2 Kings 10:29 Hosea 10:5 Psalm 106:19-21 Isaiah 46:6 Romans 1:21-23 Exodus 20:23 Hosea 13:2 Exodus 28:9 Exodus 28:11 Isaiah 44:9-10 Exodus 32:1 Exodus 20:2 2 Chronicles 11:15 - 5 And when saw this, he built an before it; and made proclamation, and said: ‘To-morrow shall be a feast to .’
- 6 And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt-offerings, and brought -offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to make merry.
- 7 And spoke unto : ‘Go, get thee down; for thy people, that thou broughtest up out of the land of , have dealt corruptly;
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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: This is thy , O , which brought thee up out of the land of .’
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- 9 And said unto : ‘I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people.
- 10 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.’
- 11 And besought his , and said: ‘, why doth Thy wrath wax hot against Thy people, that Thou hast brought forth out of the land of with great power and with a mighty hand?
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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 of the earth? Turn from Thy fierce wrath, and of this evil against Thy people.
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Numbers 14:13-16 Deuteronomy 9:28 Exodus 32:14 Joshua 7:9 Deuteronomy 32:26-27 Amos 7:6 Amos 7:3 Deuteronomy 32:36 Ezra 10:14 Psalm 90:13 Joshua 7:26 Psalm 106:45 Psalm 85:3 Jonah 3:9 Psalm 74:18 Psalm 78:38 Ezekiel 20:22 Deuteronomy 13:17 Ezekiel 20:14 Genesis 6:6 Psalm 79:9-10 Ezekiel 20:9 Zechariah 8:14 - 13 Remember , , and , Thy servants, to whom Thou didst swear by Thine own self, and saidst unto them: I will multiply your seed as the stars of , and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever.’
- 14 And repented of the evil which He said He would do unto His people.
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And turned, and went down from the mount, with the two tables of the in his hand; tables that were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written.
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- 16 And the tables were the work of , and the writing was the writing of , graven upon the tables.
- 17 And when heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto : ‘There is a noise of war in the camp.’
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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 .’
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- 19 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 broke them beneath the mount.
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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 drink of it.
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And said unto : ‘What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought a great sin upon them?’
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- 22 And said: ‘Let not the anger of my lord wax hot; thou knowest the people, that they are set on evil.
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So they said unto me: Make us a , which shall go before us; for as for this , the man that brought us up out of the land of , we not what is become of him.
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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.’
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- 25 And when saw that the people were broken loose—for had let them loose for a derision among their enemies—
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then stood in the gate of the camp, and said: ‘Whoso is on Yahweh’S side, let him come unto me.’ And all the sons of gathered themselves together unto him.
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And he said unto them: ‘Thus saith , the of : 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 neighbour.’
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And the sons of did according to the of ; and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.
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- 29 And said: ‘Consecrate yourselves to-day to , for every man hath been against his son and against his brother; that He may also bestow upon you a this day.’
- 30 And it came to pass on the morrow, that said unto the people: ‘Ye have sinned a great sin; and now I will go up unto , peradventure I shall make for your sin.’
- 31 And returned unto , and said: ‘Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them a of gold.
- 32 Yet now, if Thou wilt forgive their sin—; and if not, blot me, I pray Thee, out of Thy book which Thou hast written.’
- 33 And said unto : ‘Whosoever hath sinned against Me, him will I blot out of My book.
- 34 And now go, lead the people unto the place of which I have spoken unto thee; behold, Mine shall go before thee; nevertheless in the day when I visit, I will visit their sin upon them.’
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And smote the people, because they made the calf, which made.
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