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Exodus Chapter 32

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Exodus 32

1And the people seeing that Moses delayed to come down from the mount, gathering together against Aaron, said: Arise, make us gods, that may go before us: For as to this Moses, the man that brought us out of the land of Egypt, we know not what has befallen him.
Acts 7:40, Acts 7:40, Deuteronomy 9:9, Deuteronomy 9:9, Exodus 24:18
2And Aaron said to them: Take the golden earrings from the ears of your wives, and your sons and daughters, and bring them to me.
Exodus 12:35, Exodus 12:36, Judges 8:24, Judges 8:27, Exodus 12:35
3And the people did what he had commanded, bringing the earrings to Aaron.
Isaiah 40:19, Isaiah 40:20, Jeremiah 10:9, Judges 17:3, Judges 17:4
4And when he had received them, he fashioned them by founders' work, and made of them a molten calf. And they said: These are thy gods, O Israel, that have brought thee out of the land of Egypt.
Nehemiah 9:18, Nehemiah 9:18, Deuteronomy 9:16, Deuteronomy 9:16, Acts 7:41
5And when Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it, and made proclamation by a crier's voice, saying To morrow is the solemnity of the Lord.
2 Kings 10:20, 2 Kings 10:20, Leviticus 23:2, Leviticus 23:37, Leviticus 23:2
6And rising in the morning, they offered holocausts, and peace victims, and the people sat down to eat and drink, and they rose up to play.
1 Corinthians 10:7, 1 Corinthians 10:7, Numbers 25:2, Numbers 25:2, Acts 7:41
7And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: Go, get thee down: thy people, which thou hast brought out of the land of Egypt, hath sinned.
Exodus 32:11, Exodus 32:11, Deuteronomy 9:12, Hosea 9:9, Deuteronomy 9:12
8They have quickly strayed from the way which thou didst shew them: and they have made to themselves a molten calf, and have adored it, and sacrificing victims to it, have said: These are thy gods, O Israel, that have brought thee out of the land of Egypt.
Exodus 20:23, 1 Kings 12:28, Exodus 20:3, Exodus 20:4, Exodus 20:23
9And again the Lord said to Moses: I see that this people is stiffnecked:
Deuteronomy 9:13, Exodus 34:9, Exodus 33:5, Acts 7:51, Exodus 33:3
10Let me alone, that my wrath may be kindled against them, and that I may destroy them, and I will make of thee a great nation.
Deuteronomy 9:14, Deuteronomy 9:14, Numbers 14:12, Numbers 14:12, Deuteronomy 9:19
11But Moses besought the Lord his God, saying: Why, O Lord, is thy indignation enkindled against thy people, whom thou hast brought out of the land of Egypt, with great power, and with a mighty hand?
Deuteronomy 9:18, Deuteronomy 9:20, Deuteronomy 9:18, Deuteronomy 9:20, Deuteronomy 9:26
12Let not the Egyptians say, I beseech thee: He craftily brought them out, that he might kill them in the mountains, and destroy them from the earth: let thy anger cease, and be appeased upon the wickedness of thy people.
Numbers 14:13, Numbers 14:16, Numbers 14:13, Numbers 14:16, Deuteronomy 9:28
13Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou sworest by thy own self, saying: I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven: and this whole land that I have spoken of, I will give to your seed, and you shall possess it for ever:
Hebrews 6:13, Hebrews 6:13, Genesis 12:7, Genesis 22:16, Genesis 12:7
14And the Lord was appeased from doing the evil which he had spoken against his people.
Jonah 3:10, Jonah 3:10, Jeremiah 26:13, Psalms 106:45, Jeremiah 26:13
15And Moses returned from the mount, carrying the two tables of the testimony in his hand, written on both sides,
Deuteronomy 9:15, Deuteronomy 9:15, Exodus 40:20, Exodus 31:18, Deuteronomy 5:22
16And made by the work of God; the writing also of God was graven in the tables.
Exodus 31:18, Exodus 31:18, 2 Corinthians 3:3, Hebrews 8:10, 2 Corinthians 3:3
17And Josue hearing the noise of the people shouting, said to Moses: The noise of battle is heard in the camp.
Exodus 24:13, Exodus 24:13, Exodus 17:9, Exodus 17:9, Joshua 6:20
18But he answered: It is not the cry of men encouraging to fight, nor the shout of men compelling to flee: but I hear the voice of singers.
Daniel 5:23, Exodus 15:1, Exodus 15:18, Daniel 5:4, Daniel 5:23
19And when he came nigh to the camp, he saw the calf, and the dances: and being very angry, he threw the tables out of his hand, and broke them at the foot of the mount:
Deuteronomy 9:16, Deuteronomy 9:17, Deuteronomy 9:16, Deuteronomy 9:17, 2 Samuel 6:14
20And laying hold of the calf which they had made, he burnt it, and beat it to powder, which he strewed into water, and gave thereof to the children of Israel to drink.
Deuteronomy 9:21, Deuteronomy 9:21, Deuteronomy 7:25, 2 Kings 23:15, Proverbs 14:14
21And he said to Aaron: What has this people done to thee, that thou shouldst bring upon them a most heinous sin?
Genesis 20:9, Joshua 7:19, Joshua 7:26, Genesis 20:9, Joshua 7:19
22And he answered him: Let not my lord be offended; for thou knowest this people, that they are prone to evil.
Deuteronomy 9:24, Deuteronomy 9:24, Exodus 15:24, Exodus 16:20, Exodus 14:11
23They said to me: make us gods, that may go before us; for as to this Moses, who brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is befallen him.
Exodus 32:1, Exodus 32:4, Exodus 32:1, Exodus 32:4, Exodus 32:8
24And I said to them: Which of you hath any gold? and they took and brought it to me; and I cast it into the fire, and this calf came out.
Exodus 32:4, Exodus 32:4, Genesis 3:12, Genesis 3:13, Romans 3:10
25And when Moses saw that the people were naked, (for Aaron had stripped them by occasion of the shame of the filth, and had set them naked among their enemies)
Isaiah 47:3, Isaiah 47:3, Micah 1:11, Revelation 16:15, Micah 1:11
26Then standing in the gate of the camp, he said: If any man be on the Lord's side, let him join with me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him:
Matthew 12:30, 2 Kings 9:32, Matthew 12:30, 2 Kings 9:32, Joshua 5:13
27And he said to them: Thus saith the Lord God of Israel: Put every man his sword upon his thigh: go, and return from gate to gate through the midst of the camp, and let every man kill his brother, and friend, and neighbour.
Numbers 25:5, Numbers 25:5, Luke 14:26, Luke 14:26, Deuteronomy 33:8
28And the sons of Levi did according to the words of Moses, and there were slain that day about three and twenty thousand men.
Deuteronomy 33:9, Deuteronomy 33:9, Numbers 16:32, Numbers 16:35, 1 Corinthians 10:8
29And Moses said: You have consecrated your hands this day to the Lord, every man in his son and in his brother, that a blessing may be given to you.
Numbers 25:11, Numbers 25:13, Numbers 25:11, Numbers 25:13, Zechariah 13:3
30And when the next day was come, Moses spoke to the people: You have sinned a very great sin: I will go up to the Lord, if by any means I may be able to entreat him for your crime.
1 Samuel 12:20, 1 Samuel 12:20, Numbers 25:13, Numbers 25:13, 1 Samuel 12:23
31And returning to the Lord, he said: I beseech thee: this people hath sinned a heinous sin, and they have made to themselves gods of gold: either forgive them this trespass,
Exodus 20:23, Exodus 20:23, Daniel 9:8, Exodus 32:30, Daniel 9:11
32Or if thou do not, strike me out of the book that thou hast written.
Psalms 69:28, Psalms 69:28, Romans 9:3, Revelation 21:27, Philippians 4:3
33And the Lord answered him: He that hath sinned against me, him will I strike out of my book:
Ezekiel 18:4, Ezekiel 18:4, Psalms 69:28, Deuteronomy 29:20, Psalms 69:28
34But go thou, and lead this people whither I have told thee: my angel shall go before thee. And I in the day of revenge will visit this sin also of theirs.
Deuteronomy 32:35, Deuteronomy 32:35, Exodus 23:20, Exodus 23:20, Matthew 23:35
35The Lord therefore struck the people for the guilt, on occasion of the calf which Aaron had made.
Acts 1:18, Acts 7:41, 2 Samuel 12:9, 2 Samuel 12:10, Matthew 27:3

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