1 And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of
the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said
unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this
Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not
what is become of him.
2 And Aaron said
unto them, Break 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
And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their
ears, and brought them unto Aaron. 4 And he received them at their hand,
and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten
calf:and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up
out of the land of Egypt.
5 And when
Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation,
and said, To morrow is a feast to the Lord. 6 And they rose up early on
the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.
7 And the Lord said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves:8 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 thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
9
And the Lord said unto Moses, 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 Moses
besought the Lord his God, and said, Lord, why doth thy wrath wax hot
against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of
Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand? 12 Wherefore should the
Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay
them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth?
Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people.
13
Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest
by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as
the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give
unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever.
14 And the Lord
repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.
15
And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of
the testimony were in his hand:the tables were written on both their
sides; on the one side and on the other were they written. 16 And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon 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 camp. 18 And he (Moses)
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 hear.
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 brake them beneath the mount.
("Why should I give them the Word from God? They cast aside God and made themselves other gods and will not do HIS Word so why should they be given God's Word." ... It is easy to understand why Moses broke the tablets upon which God wrote HIS Word.)
20
And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strawed it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink of it.
21 And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them?
22
And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot:thou knowest the
people, that they are set on mischief. 23 For they said unto me, Make us
gods, which shall go before us:for as for this Moses, the man that
brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of
him. 24 And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it
off. So they gave it me:then I cast it into the fire, and there came
out this calf.
25 And when Moses saw that the people were naked; (for Aaron had
made them naked unto their shame among their enemies:) 26 Then Moses
stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the Lord 's side? let
him come unto me.
And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together
unto him.
27 And he (Moses) said unto them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Put
every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate
throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his
companion, and every man his neighbour.
28 And the children of Levi
did according to the word of Moses:and there fell of the people that day
about three thousand men.
29 For Moses had said, Consecrate yourselves
to day to the Lord, even every man upon his son, and upon his brother;
that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day.
30
And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people, Ye
have sinned a great sin:and now I will go up unto the Lord; peradventure
I shall make an atonement for your sin.
31
And Moses returned unto the Lord, and said, Oh, this people have sinned
a great sin, and have made them gods 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 the Lord
said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out
of my book.
34 Therefore now go, lead the people unto the place of which
I have spoken unto thee:behold, mine Angel shall go before
thee:nevertheless in the day when I visit I will visit their sin upon
them.
35 And the Lord plagued the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made.
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NT Church ...
Gal.
6 ... 7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked:for whatsoever a man soweth,
that shall he also reap. 8 For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the
flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the
Spirit reap life everlasting.