Exodus 32:2

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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.

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  • Judg 8:24-27 : 24 Then Gideon said to them, I have a request to make to you; let every man give me the ear-rings he has taken. (For they had gold ear-rings, because they were Ishmaelites.) 25 And they gave answer, We will gladly give them. So they put down a robe, every man dropping into it the ear-rings he had taken. 26 The weight of the gold ear-rings which he got from them was one thousand, seven hundred shekels of gold; in addition to the moon-ornaments and jewels and the purple robes which were on the kings of Midian, and the chains on their camels' necks. 27 And Gideon made an ephod from them and put it up in his town Ophrah; and all Israel went after it there and were false to the Lord; and it became a cause of sin to Gideon and his house.
  • Ezek 16:11-12 : 11 And I made you fair with ornaments and put jewels on your hands and a chain on your neck. 12 And I put a ring in your nose and ear-rings in your ears and a beautiful crown on your head.
  • Ezek 16:17 : 17 And you took the fair jewels, my silver and gold which I had given to you, and made for yourself male images, acting like a loose woman with them;
  • Hos 2:8 : 8 For she had no knowledge that it was I who gave her the grain and the wine and the oil, increasing her silver and gold which they gave to the Baal.
  • Exod 12:35-36 : 35 And the children of Israel had done as Moses had said; and they got from the Egyptians ornaments of silver and of gold, and clothing: 36 And the Lord had given the people grace in the eyes of the Egyptians so that they gave them whatever was requested. So they took away all their goods from the Egyptians.
  • Exod 35:22 : 22 They came, men and women, all who were ready to give, and gave pins and nose-rings and finger-rings and neck-ornaments, all of gold; everyone gave an offering of gold to the Lord.
  • Gen 24:22 : 22 And when the camels had had enough, the man took a gold nose-ring, half a shekel in weight, and two ornaments for her arms of ten shekels weight of gold;
  • Gen 24:47 : 47 And questioning her, I said, Whose daughter are you? And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, the son of Nahor, and Milcah his wife. Then I put the ring on her nose and the ornaments on her hands.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Exod 32:3-5
    3 verses
    94%

    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 32:1
    82%

    1 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.

  • Exod 32:20-25
    6 verses
    80%

    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:

  • Num 31:50-51
    2 verses
    78%

    50 And we have here an offering for the Lord from what every man took in the war, ornaments of gold, leg-chains and arm-rings, finger-rings, ear-rings, and neck-ornaments, to make our souls free from sin before the Lord.

    51 So Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from them, even all the worked ornaments.

  • Exod 11:2
    77%

    2 So go now and give orders to the people that every man and every woman is to get from his or her neighbour ornaments of silver and of gold.

  • Exod 32:7-8
    2 verses
    76%

    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.

  • Exod 35:22
    76%

    22 They came, men and women, all who were ready to give, and gave pins and nose-rings and finger-rings and neck-ornaments, all of gold; everyone gave an offering of gold to the Lord.

  • Exod 33:4-6
    3 verses
    75%

    4 Hearing this bad news the people were full of grief, and no one put on his ornaments.

    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.

    6 So the children of Israel took off their ornaments at Mount Horeb, and did not put them on again.

  • Exod 12:35
    74%

    35 And the children of Israel had done as Moses had said; and they got from the Egyptians ornaments of silver and of gold, and clothing:

  • Acts 7:40-41
    2 verses
    74%

    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 3:22
    73%

    22 For every woman will get from her neighbour and from the woman living in her house, ornaments of silver and gold, and clothing; and you will put them on your sons and your daughters; you will take the best of their goods from the Egyptians.

  • Exod 32:31
    73%

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

  • Exod 25:3
    73%

    3 And this is the offering you are to take from them: gold and silver and brass;

  • Exod 32:35
    72%

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

  • Exod 35:5
    72%

    5 Take from among you an offering to the Lord; everyone who has the impulse in his heart, let him give his offering to the Lord; gold and silver and brass;

  • Num 31:54
    72%

    54 Then Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold given by the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and took it into the Tent of meeting, to be a sign in memory of the children of Israel before the Lord.

  • Judg 8:24-26
    3 verses
    71%

    24 Then Gideon said to them, I have a request to make to you; let every man give me the ear-rings he has taken. (For they had gold ear-rings, because they were Ishmaelites.)

    25 And they gave answer, We will gladly give them. So they put down a robe, every man dropping into it the ear-rings he had taken.

    26 The weight of the gold ear-rings which he got from them was one thousand, seven hundred shekels of gold; in addition to the moon-ornaments and jewels and the purple robes which were on the kings of Midian, and the chains on their camels' necks.

  • Num 3:51
    71%

    51 And he gave the money to Aaron and his sons, as the Lord had said.

  • Deut 9:12
    71%

    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.

  • Lev 17:2
    71%

    2 Say to Aaron and to his sons and to all the children of Israel: This is the order which the Lord has given.

  • Exod 31:10
    71%

    10 And the robes of needlework, the holy robes for Aaron and for his sons, for their use when acting as priests,

  • Exod 6:26
    71%

    26 These are the same Aaron and Moses to whom the Lord said, Take the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt in their armies.

  • Lev 8:13
    70%

    13 Then he took Aaron's sons, clothing them with the coats, and putting the bands round them, and the head-dresses on their heads, as the Lord had given him orders.

  • Exod 28:13
    70%

    13 And you are to make twisted frames of gold;

  • Isa 3:20-21
    2 verses
    70%

    20 The head-bands, and the arm-chains, and the worked bands, and the perfume-boxes, and the jewels with secret powers,

    21 The rings, and the nose-jewels,

  • Exod 4:29-30
    2 verses
    70%

    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.

  • 1 Kgs 12:28
    70%

    28 So after taking thought the king made two oxen of gold; and he said to the people, You have been going up to Jerusalem long enough; see! these are your gods, O Israel, who took you out of the land of Egypt.

  • Neh 9:18
    70%

    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;

  • Lev 22:1
    70%

    1 And the Lord said to Moses,