Exodus 32:3

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

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  • Judg 17:3-4 : 3 And he gave back the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, and his mother said, I have made the silver holy to the Lord from me for my son, to make a pictured image and a metal image. 4 So he gave the silver back to his mother. Then his mother took two hundred shekels of silver and gave them to a metal-worker who made a pictured image and a metal image from them: and it was in the house of Micah.
  • Isa 40:19-20 : 19 The workman makes an image, and the gold-worker puts gold plates over it, and makes silver bands for it. 20 The wise workman makes selection of the mulberry-tree of the offering, a wood which will not become soft; so that the image may be fixed to it and not be moved.
  • Isa 46:6 : 6 As for those who take gold out of a bag, and put silver in the scales, they give payment to a gold-worker, to make it into a god; they go down on their faces and give it worship.
  • Jer 10:9 : 9 Silver hammered into plates is sent from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the expert workman and of the hands of the gold-worker; blue and purple is their clothing, all the work of expert men.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Exod 32:1-2
    2 verses
    94%

    1And 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.

    2Then 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.

  • Exod 32:23-25
    3 verses
    82%

    23For 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.

    24Then 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.

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

  • Exod 32:4-5
    2 verses
    81%

    4And 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.

    5And 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.

  • Num 31:50-51
    2 verses
    77%

    50And 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.

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

  • Exod 32:7-8
    2 verses
    77%

    7And 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;

    8Even 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%

    22They 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%

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

    5And 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.

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

  • Exod 32:35
    75%

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

  • Exod 32:19-21
    3 verses
    74%

    19And 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.

    20And 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.

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

  • Acts 7:40-41
    2 verses
    74%

    40And 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.

    41And 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 11:2
    74%

    2So 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 32:31
    74%

    31Then 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%

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

  • Judg 8:24-26
    3 verses
    73%

    24Then 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.)

    25And 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.

    26The 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.

  • Exod 12:35
    72%

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

  • Neh 9:18
    72%

    18Even 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 35:5
    71%

    5Take 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;

  • Isa 3:19-21
    3 verses
    71%

    19The ear-rings, and the chains, and the delicate clothing,

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

    21The rings, and the nose-jewels,

  • Gen 35:4
    71%

    4Then they gave to Jacob all the strange gods which they had, and the rings which were in their ears; and Jacob put them away under the holy tree at Shechem.

  • Exod 4:30
    71%

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

  • Num 31:54
    70%

    54Then 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.

  • Deut 9:12
    70%

    12And 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.

  • Exod 3:22
    70%

    22For 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.

  • 1 Kgs 12:28
    70%

    28So 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.

  • Exod 28:13
    69%

    13And you are to make twisted frames of gold;

  • Isa 31:7
    69%

    7For in that day they will all give up their images of silver and of gold, the sin which they made for themselves.

  • Deut 9:16
    69%

    16And 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 31:10
    69%

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

  • Num 3:51
    69%

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