And when the people{H5971} saw{H7200} that Moses{H4872} delayed{H954} to come down{H3381} from the mount,{H2022} the people{H5971} gathered themselves together{H6950} unto Aaron,{H175} and said{H559} unto him, Up,{H6965} make{H6213} us gods,{H430} which shall go{H3212} before{H6440} us; for as for this Moses,{H4872} the man{H376} that brought{H5927} us up out of the land{H776} of Egypt,{H4714} we know{H3045} not what is become of him.

And Aaron{H175} said{H559} unto them, Break off{H6561} the golden{H2091} rings,{H5141} which are in the ears{H241} of your wives,{H802} of your sons,{H1121} and of your daughters,{H1323} and bring{H935} them unto me.

And all the people{H5971} brake off{H6561} the golden{H2091} rings{H5141} which were in their ears,{H241} and brought{H935} them unto Aaron.{H175}

And he received{H3947} it at their hand,{H3027} and fashioned{H6696} it with a graving tool,{H2747} and made{H6213} it a molten{H4541} calf:{H5695} and they said,{H559} These are thy gods,{H430} O Israel,{H3478} which brought{H5927} thee up out of the land{H776} of Egypt.{H4714}

[And when Aaron]{H175} [saw]{H7200} [this], he built{H1129} an altar{H4196} before{H6440} it; and Aaron{H175} made proclamation,{H7121} and said,{H559} To-morrow{H4279} shall be a feast{H2282} to Jehovah.{H3068}

And they rose up early{H7925} on the morrow,{H4283} and offered{H5927} burnt-offerings,{H5930} and brought{H5066} peace-offerings;{H8002} and the people{H5971} sat{H3427} down to eat{H398} and to drink,{H8354} and rose up{H6965} to play.{H6711}

And Jehovah{H3068} spake{H1696} unto Moses,{H4872} Go,{H3212} get thee down;{H3381} for thy people,{H5971} that thou broughtest{H5927} up out of the land{H776} of Egypt,{H4714} have corrupted{H7843} themselves:

they have turned{H5493} aside quickly{H4118} out of the way{H1870} which I commanded{H6680} them: they have made{H6213} them a molten{H4541} calf,{H5695} and have worshipped{H7812} it, and have sacrificed{H2076} unto it, and said,{H559} These are thy gods,{H430} O Israel,{H3478} which brought thee up{H5927} out of the land{H776} of Egypt.{H4714}

And Jehovah{H3068} said{H559} unto Moses,{H4872} I have seen{H7200} this people,{H5971} and, behold, it is a stiffnecked{H7186} people:{H5971}

now therefore let me alone,{H3240} that my wrath{H639} may wax hot{H2734} against them, and that I may consume{H3615} them: and I will make{H6213} of thee a great{H1419} nation.{H1471}

And Moses{H4872} besought{H2470} Jehovah{H3068} his God,{H430} and said,{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} why doth thy wrath{H639} wax hot{H2734} against thy people,{H5971} that thou hast brought forth{H3318} out of the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714} with great{H1419} power{H3581} and with a mighty{H2389} hand?{H3027}

Wherefore should the Egyptians{H4714} speak,{H559} saying,{H559} For evil{H7451} did he bring{H3318} them forth, to slay{H2026} them in the mountains,{H2022} and to consume{H3615} them from the face{H6440} of the earth?{H127} Turn{H7725} from thy fierce{H2740} wrath,{H639} and repent{H5162} of this evil{H7451} against thy people.{H5971}

Remember{H2142} Abraham,{H85} Isaac,{H3327} and Israel,{H3478} thy servants,{H5650} to whom thou swarest{H7650} by thine own self, and saidst{H1696} unto them, I will multiply{H7235} your seed{H2233} as the stars{H3556} of heaven,{H8064} and all this land{H776} that I have spoken{H559} of will I give{H5414} unto your seed,{H2233} and they shall inherit{H5157} it for ever.{H5769}

And Jehovah{H3068} repented{H5162} of the evil{H7451} which he said{H1696} he would do{H6213} unto his people.{H5971}

And Moses{H4872} turned,{H6437} and went down{H3381} from the mount,{H2022} with the two{H8147} tables{H3871} of the testimony{H5715} in his hand;{H3027} tables{H3871} that were written{H3789} on both{H8147} their sides;{H5676} on the one side and on the other were they written.{H3789}

And the tables{H3871} were the work{H4639} of God,{H430} and the writing{H4385} was the writing{H4385} of God,{H430} graven{H2801} upon the tables.{H3871}

And when Joshua{H3091} heard{H8085} the noise{H6963} of the people{H5971} as they shouted,{H7452} he said{H559} unto Moses,{H4872} There is a noise{H6963} of war{H4421} in the camp.{H4264}

And he said,{H559} It is not the voice{H6963} of them that shout{H6030} for mastery,{H1369} neither is it the voice{H6963} of them that cry{H6030} for being overcome;{H2476} but the noise{H6963} of them that sing{H6031} do I hear.{H8085}

And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh{H7126} unto the camp,{H4264} that he saw{H7200} the calf{H5695} and the dancing:{H4246} and Moses'{H4872} anger{H639} waxed hot,{H2734} and he cast{H7993} the tables{H3871} out of his hands,{H3027} and brake{H7665} them beneath{H8478} the mount.{H2022}

And he took{H3947} the calf{H5695} which they had made,{H6213} and burnt{H8313} it with fire,{H784} and ground{H2912} it to powder,{H1854} and strewed{H2219} it upon{H6440} the water,{H4325} and made the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} drink{H8248} of it.

And Moses{H4872} said{H559} unto Aaron,{H175} What did{H6213} this people{H5971} unto thee, that thou hast brought{H935} a great{H1419} sin{H2401} upon them?

And Aaron{H175} said,{H559} Let not the anger{H639} of my lord{H113} wax hot:{H2734} thou knowest{H3045} the people,{H5971} that they are [set] on evil.{H7451}

For they said{H559} unto me, Make{H6213} us gods,{H430} which shall go{H3212} before{H6440} us; for as for this Moses,{H4872} the man{H376} that brought us up{H5927} out of the land{H776} of Egypt,{H4714} we know{H3045} not what is become of him.

And I said{H559} unto them, Whosoever hath any gold,{H2091} let them break{H6561} it off: so they gave{H5414} it me; and I cast{H7993} it into the fire,{H784} and there came out{H3318} this calf.{H5695}

And when Moses{H4872} saw{H7200} that the people{H5971} were broken loose{H6544} (for Aaron{H175} had let them loose{H6544} for a derision{H8103} among their enemies),{H6965}

then Moses{H4872} stood{H5975} in the gate{H8179} of the camp,{H4264} and said,{H559} Whoso is on Jehovah's{H3068} side, [let him come] unto me. And all the sons{H1121} of Levi{H3878} gathered{H622} themselves together unto him.

And he said{H559} unto them, Thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} Put{H7760} ye every man{H376} his sword{H2719} upon his thigh,{H3409} and go{H5674} to{H7725} and fro from gate{H8179} to gate{H8179} throughout the camp,{H4264} and slay{H2026} every man{H376} his brother,{H251} and every man{H376} his companion,{H7453} and every man{H376} his neighbor.{H7138}

And the sons{H1121} of Levi{H3878} did{H6213} according to the word{H1697} of Moses:{H4872} and there fell{H5307} of the people{H5971} that day{H3117} about three{H7969} thousand{H505} men.{H376}

And Moses{H4872} said,{H559} Consecrate yourselves{H4390} to-day{H3117} to Jehovah,{H3068} yea,{H3588} every man{H376} against his son,{H1121} and against his brother;{H251} that he may bestow{H5414} upon you a blessing{H1293} this day.{H3117}

And it came to pass on the morrow,{H4283} that Moses{H4872} said{H559} unto the people,{H5971} Ye have sinned{H2398} a great{H1419} sin:{H2401} and now I will go up{H5927} unto Jehovah;{H3068} peradventure{H194} I shall make atonement{H3722} for{H1157} your sin.{H2403}

And Moses{H4872} returned{H7725} unto Jehovah,{H3068} and said,{H559} Oh,{H577} this people{H5971} have sinned{H2398} a great{H1419} sin,{H2401} and have made{H6213} them gods{H430} of gold.{H2091}

Yet now, if thou wilt forgive{H5375} their sin—;{H2403} and if not, blot{H4229} me, I pray thee, out of thy book{H5612} which thou hast written.{H3789}

And Jehovah{H3068} said{H559} unto Moses,{H4872} Whosoever{H834} hath sinned{H2398} against me, him will I blot out{H4229} of my book.{H5612}

And now go,{H3212} lead{H5148} the people{H5971} unto [the place] of which I have spoken{H1696} unto thee: behold, mine angel{H4397} shall go{H3212} before{H6440} thee; nevertheless in the day{H3117} when I visit,{H6485} I will visit{H6485} their sin{H2403} upon them.

And Jehovah{H3068} smote{H5062} the people,{H5971} because{H834} they made{H6213} the calf,{H5695} which{H834} Aaron{H175} made.{H6213}