Exodus 32:1

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And when the people saw that Moses was a long time coming down from the mountain, they all came to Aaron and said to him, Come, make us a god to go before us: as for this Moses, who took us up out of the land of Egypt, we have no idea what has become of him.

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  • Exod 24:18 : 18 And Moses went up the mountain, into the cloud, and was there for forty days and forty nights.
  • Acts 7:40 : 40 And saying to Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: as for this Moses, who took us out of the land of Egypt, we have no idea what has become of him.
  • 2 Pet 3:4 : 4 Saying, Where is the hope of his coming? From the death of the fathers till now everything has gone on as it was from the making of the world.
  • Deut 9:9 : 9 When I had gone up into the mountain to be given the stones on which was recorded the agreement which the Lord made with you, I was on the mountain for forty days and forty nights without taking food or drinking water.
  • Exod 32:7 : 7 And the Lord said to Moses, Go down quickly; for your people, whom you took out of the land of Egypt, are turned to evil ways;
  • Exod 13:21 : 21 And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of cloud, guiding them on their way; and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light: so that they were able to go on day and night:
  • Exod 14:11 : 11 And they said to Moses, Was there no resting-place for the dead in Egypt, that you have taken us away to come to our death in the waste land? why have you taken us out of Egypt?
  • Exod 16:3 : 3 And the children of Israel said to them, It would have been better for the Lord to have put us to death in the land of Egypt, where we were seated by the flesh-pots and had bread enough for our needs; for you have taken us out to this waste of sand, to put all this people to death through need of food.
  • Exod 20:3-5 : 3 You are to have no other gods but me. 4 You are not to make an image or picture of anything in heaven or on the earth or in the waters under the earth: 5 You may not go down on your faces before them or give them worship: for I, the Lord your God, am a God who will not give his honour to another; and I will send punishment on the children for the wrongdoing of their fathers, to the third and fourth generation of my haters;
  • Gen 19:14 : 14 And Lot went out and said to his sons-in-law, who were married to his daughters, Come, let us go out of this place, for the Lord is about to send destruction on the town. But his sons-in-law did not take him seriously.
  • Gen 21:26 : 26 But Abimelech said, I have no idea who has done this thing; you never gave me word of it, and I had no knowledge of it till this day.
  • Gen 39:8 : 8 But he would not, and said to her, You see that my master keeps no account of what I do in his house, and has put all his property in my control;
  • Gen 44:4 : 4 And when they had gone only a little way out of the town, Joseph said to the servant who was over his house, Go after them; and when you overtake them, say to them, Why have you done evil in reward for good?
  • Gen 44:15 : 15 And Joseph said, What is this thing which you have done? had you no thought that such a man as I would have power to see what is secret?
  • Exod 32:11 : 11 But Moses made prayer to God, saying, Lord, why is your wrath burning against your people whom you took out of the land of Egypt, with great power and with the strength of your hand?
  • Exod 33:3 : 3 Go up to that land flowing with milk and honey; but I will not go up among you, for you are a stiff-necked people, for fear that I send destruction on you while you are on the way.
  • Exod 33:14-15 : 14 And he said, I myself will go with you and give you rest. 15 And Moses said, If you yourself are not going with us, do not send us on from here.
  • Deut 4:15-18 : 15 So keep watch on yourselves with care; for you saw no form of any sort on the day when the voice of the Lord came to you in Horeb out of the heart of the fire: 16 So that you may not be turned to evil ways and make for yourselves an image in the form of any living thing, male or female, 17 Or any beast of the earth, or winged bird of the air, 18 Or of anything which goes flat on the earth, or any fish in the water under the earth.
  • Deut 9:11-12 : 11 Then at the end of forty days and forty nights the Lord gave me those stones, the stones of the agreement. 12 And the Lord said to me, Get up now, and go down quickly from this place; for the people you have taken out of Egypt have given themselves over to evil; they have quickly been turned from the way in which I gave them orders to go; they have made themselves a metal image.
  • Josh 7:13 : 13 Up! make the people holy; say to them, Make yourselves holy before tomorrow, for the Lord, the God of Israel, has said, There is a cursed thing among you, O Israel, and you will give way before your attackers in the fight till the cursed thing has been taken away from among you.
  • Hos 12:13 : 13 And Jacob went in flight into the field of Aram, and Israel became a servant for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
  • Mic 6:4 : 4 For I took you up out of the land of Egypt and made you free from the prison-house; I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
  • Acts 17:29 : 29 If then we are the offspring of God, it is not right for us to have the idea that God is like gold or silver or stone, formed by the art or design of man.
  • Acts 19:26 : 26 And you see, for it has come to your ears, that not only at Ephesus, but almost all through Asia, this Paul has been teaching numbers of people and turning them away, saying that those are not gods who are made by men's hands:
  • Matt 24:43 : 43 But be certain of this, that if the master of the house had had knowledge of the time when the thief was coming, he would have been watching, and would not have let his house be broken into.
  • Matt 24:48 : 48 But if that evil servant says in his heart, My lord is a long time in coming;

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  • Exod 32:19-25
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    19 And when he came near the tents he saw the image of the ox, and the people dancing; and in his wrath Moses let the stones go from his hands, and they were broken at the foot of the mountain.

    20 And he took the ox which they had made, burning it in the fire and crushing it to powder, and he put it in the water and made the children of Israel take a drink of it.

    21 And Moses said to Aaron, What did the people do to you that you let this great sin come on them?

    22 And Aaron said, Let not my lord be angry; you have seen how the purposes of this people are evil.

    23 For they said to me, Make us a god to go before us: as for this Moses, who took us up out of the land of Egypt, we have no idea what has come to him.

    24 Then I said to them, Whoever has any gold, let him take it off; so they gave it to me, and I put it in the fire, and this image of an ox came out.

    25 And Moses saw that the people were out of control, for Aaron had let them loose to their shame before their haters:

  • Acts 7:39-41
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    39 By whom our fathers would not be controlled; but they put him on one side, turning back in their hearts to Egypt,

    40 And saying to Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: as for this Moses, who took us out of the land of Egypt, we have no idea what has become of him.

    41 And they made the image of a young ox in those days, and made an offering to it, and had joy in the work of their hands.

  • Exod 32:2-5
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    2 Then Aaron said to them, Take off the gold rings which are in the ears of your wives and your sons and your daughters, and give them to me.

    3 And all the people took the gold rings from their ears and gave them to Aaron.

    4 And he took the gold from them and, hammering it with an instrument, he made it into the metal image of a young ox: and they said, This is your god, O Israel, who took you out of the land of Egypt.

    5 And when Aaron saw this, he made an altar before it, and made a public statement, saying, Tomorrow there will be a feast to the Lord.

  • Exod 32:7-9
    3 verses
    81%

    7 And the Lord said to Moses, Go down quickly; for your people, whom you took out of the land of Egypt, are turned to evil ways;

    8 Even now they are turned away from the rule I gave them, and have made themselves a metal ox and given worship to it and offerings, saying, This is your god, O Israel, who took you up out of the land of Egypt.

    9 And the Lord said to Moses, I have been watching this people, and I see that they are a stiff-necked people.

  • Exod 32:30-31
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    78%

    30 And on the day after, Moses said to the people, Great has been your sin: but I will go up to the Lord, and see if I may get forgiveness for your sin.

    31 Then Moses went back to the Lord and said, This people has done a great sin, making themselves a god of gold;

  • Deut 9:12
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    12 And the Lord said to me, Get up now, and go down quickly from this place; for the people you have taken out of Egypt have given themselves over to evil; they have quickly been turned from the way in which I gave them orders to go; they have made themselves a metal image.

  • Neh 9:18
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    18 Even when they had made for themselves an ox of metal, and said, This is your God who took you up out of Egypt, and had done so much to make you angry;

  • Exod 32:35
    74%

    35 And the Lord sent punishment on the people because they gave worship to the ox which Aaron made.

  • Exod 33:5
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    5 And the Lord said to Moses, Say to the children of Israel, You are a stiff-necked people: if I come among you, even for a minute, I will send destruction on you; so take off all your ornaments, so that I may see what to do with you.

  • Exod 24:14
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    14 And he said to the chiefs, Keep your places here till we come back to you: Aaron and Hur are with you; if anyone has any cause let him go to them.

  • Exod 20:18-19
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    18 And all the people were watching the thunderings and the flames and the sound of the horn and the mountain smoking; and when they saw it, they kept far off, shaking with fear.

    19 And they said to Moses, To your words we will give ear, but let not the voice of God come to our ears, for fear death may come on us.

  • Deut 31:16
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    16 And the Lord said to Moses, Now you are going to rest with your fathers; and this people will be false to me, uniting themselves to the strange gods of the land where they are going; they will be turned away from me and will not keep the agreement I have made with them.

  • Ps 106:19
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    19 They made a young ox in Horeb, and gave worship to an image of gold.

  • Judg 2:12
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    12 And they gave up the Lord, the God of their fathers, who had taken them out of the land of Egypt, and went after other gods, the gods of the peoples round about them, worshipping them and moving the Lord to wrath.

  • Deut 9:16
    71%

    16 And I saw that you had done evil against the Lord, and had made for yourselves a metal image of a young ox: you had quickly been turned from the way in which the Lord had given you orders to go.

  • Exod 4:29-30
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    71%

    29 Then Moses and Aaron went and got together all the chiefs of the children of Israel:

    30 And Aaron said to them all the words the Lord had said to Moses, and did the signs before all the people.

  • Num 14:4-5
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    4 And they said to one another, Let us make a captain over us, and go back to Egypt.

    5 Then Moses and Aaron went down on their faces before the meeting of the people.

  • Exod 19:21
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    21 And the Lord said to Moses, Go down and give the people orders to keep back, for fear that a great number of them, forcing their way through to see the Lord, may come to destruction.

  • Num 12:11
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    11 Then Aaron said to Moses, O my lord, let not our sin be on our heads, for we have done foolishly and are sinners.

  • Exod 10:8
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    8 Then Moses and Aaron came in again before Pharaoh: and he said to them, Go and give worship to the Lord your God: but which of you are going?

  • Exod 16:9
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    9 And Moses said to Aaron, Say to all the people of Israel, Come near before the Lord for he has given ear to your outcry.

  • Exod 19:17
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    17 And Moses made the people come out of their tents and take their places before God; and they came to the foot of the mountain,

  • Exod 19:24
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    24 And the Lord said to him, Go down, and you and Aaron may come up; but let not the priests and the people make their way through to the Lord, or he will come on them suddenly.

  • Exod 34:30
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    30 But when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, and the shining of his face, they would not come near him for fear.

  • Exod 34:17
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    17 Make for yourselves no gods of metal.

  • Exod 14:11
    69%

    11 And they said to Moses, Was there no resting-place for the dead in Egypt, that you have taken us away to come to our death in the waste land? why have you taken us out of Egypt?

  • Jer 16:20
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    20 Will a man make for himself gods which are no gods?

  • Exod 19:8
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    8 And all the people, answering together, said, Whatever the Lord has said we will do. And Moses took back to the Lord the words of the people.

  • Exod 10:25
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    25 But Moses said, You will have to let us take burned offerings to put before the Lord our God.