Exodus 32:3

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So all the people took off the gold earrings that were in their ears and brought them to Aaron.

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  • Judg 17:3-4 : 3 Then he returned the eleven hundred pieces of silver to his mother, and his mother said, 'I hereby consecrate this silver to the LORD for my son, to make a carved image and a cast idol. I will now return it to you.' 4 So when he returned the silver to his mother, she took two hundred pieces of silver and gave them to a silversmith, who made them into a carved image and a cast idol. And they were placed in Micah's house.
  • Isa 40:19-20 : 19 As for an idol, a craftsman casts it, and a goldsmith overlays it with gold and fashions silver chains for it. 20 A person who is too poor to afford such an idol selects wood that will not rot; they look for a skilled craftsman to set up an idol that will not topple.
  • Isa 46:6 : 6 They pour out gold from their purses and weigh silver on a scale. They hire a craftsman to make it into a god, and they bow down and even worship it.
  • Jer 10:9 : 9 Hammered silver is brought from Tarshish and gold from Uphaz—the work of the craftsman and of the goldsmith. Their clothing is blue and purple, all made by skilled workers.

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  • Exod 32:1-2
    2 verses
    94%

    1When the people saw that Moses delayed in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said to him, "Get up, make for us gods who will go before us, because this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him."

    2Aaron said to them, "Take off the gold earrings that are on the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to me."

  • Exod 32:23-25
    3 verses
    82%

    23They said to me, 'Make gods for us who will go before us. As for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him.'

    24So I told them, 'Whoever has any gold jewelry, take it off.' They gave it to me, and I threw it into the fire, and out came this calf!"

    25Moses saw that the people were out of control—for Aaron had let them get out of control, to the mockery of their enemies.

  • Exod 32:4-5
    2 verses
    81%

    4He took the gold from their hands, fashioned it with a tool, and made it into a molten calf. Then they said, "These are your gods, Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt."

    5When Aaron saw this, he built an altar in front of it and proclaimed, "Tomorrow there will be a festival to the LORD."

  • Num 31:50-51
    2 verses
    77%

    50'So we are bringing an offering to the LORD from the gold articles each of us has found—armlets, bracelets, signet rings, earrings, and pendants—to make atonement for ourselves before the LORD.'

    51Moses and Eleazar the priest received the gold from them, all crafted articles.

  • Exod 32:7-8
    2 verses
    77%

    7Then the LORD said to Moses, "Go down, because your people, whom you brought up out of Egypt, have corrupted themselves."

    8They have turned aside quickly from the way I commanded them. They have made for themselves a molten calf, bowed down to it, sacrificed to it, and said, 'These are your gods, Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.'

  • Exod 35:22
    76%

    22Both men and women, all who were willinghearted, brought brooches, earrings, rings, ornaments, and all kinds of gold items—each person gave an offering of gold to the LORD.

  • Exod 33:4-6
    3 verses
    75%

    4When the people heard this bad news, they mourned, and no one put on any ornaments.

    5For the LORD had said to Moses, 'Tell the Israelites, ‘You are a stiff-necked people. If I were to go with you for even a moment, I might destroy you. Now take off your ornaments, and I will decide what to do with you.’

    6So the Israelites stripped off their ornaments at Mount Horeb.

  • Exod 32:35
    75%

    35Then the LORD struck the people with a plague, because of what they had done with the calf Aaron had made.

  • Exod 32:19-21
    3 verses
    74%

    19As Moses approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, his anger burned, and he threw the tablets out of his hands, shattering them at the foot of the mountain.

    20He took the calf they had made, burned it with fire, ground it to powder, scattered it on the water, and made the Israelites drink it.

    21Then Moses said to Aaron, "What did these people do to you that you led them into such a great sin?"

  • Acts 7:40-41
    2 verses
    74%

    40They said to Aaron, 'Make us gods who will lead us, for we do not know what has happened to this Moses, who brought us out of the land of Egypt.'

    41At that time, they made a calf and offered a sacrifice to the idol, rejoicing in the works of their hands.

  • Exod 11:2
    74%

    2Speak now in the hearing of the people, and let every man ask his neighbor and every woman her neighbor for articles of silver and gold.

  • Exod 32:31
    74%

    31So Moses returned to the LORD and said, "Oh, this people have committed a great sin; they have made themselves gods of gold.

  • Exod 25:3
    73%

    3And this is the offering you shall take from them: gold, silver, and bronze;

  • Judg 8:24-26
    3 verses
    73%

    24Then Gideon said to them, 'I have one request—that each of you give me an earring from your share of the plunder.' (It was the custom of the Ishmaelites to wear gold earrings.)

    25They answered, 'We will gladly give them.' So they spread out a garment, and each man threw a gold earring from his share of the plunder onto it.

    26The weight of the gold earrings that Gideon had requested was seventeen hundred shekels, apart from the crescent ornaments, the pendants, the purple robes worn by the kings of Midian, and the chains on the necks of their camels.

  • Exod 12:35
    72%

    35The Israelites did as Moses instructed and asked the Egyptians for articles of silver and gold, and for clothing.

  • Neh 9:18
    72%

    18Even when they made a molten calf for themselves and said, 'This is your god who brought you out of Egypt,' and they committed terrible blasphemies,

  • Exod 35:5
    71%

    5Take a contribution for the LORD from what you have. Let everyone whose heart is willing bring the LORD's offering: gold, silver, and bronze.

  • Isa 3:19-21
    3 verses
    71%

    19the earrings, the bracelets, and the veils,

    20the headdresses, the ankle chains, the sashes, the perfume boxes, and the amulets,

    21the rings and nose rings,

  • Gen 35:4
    71%

    4So they gave to Jacob all the foreign gods they had and the earrings they were wearing, and Jacob buried them under the oak tree near Shechem.

  • Exod 4:30
    71%

    30Aaron spoke all the words that the LORD had spoken to Moses, and he performed the signs in the sight of the people.

  • Num 31:54
    70%

    54Moses and Eleazar the priest received the gold from the commanders of thousands and hundreds and brought it into the Tent of Meeting as a memorial for the Israelites before the LORD.

  • Deut 9:12
    70%

    12Then the LORD said to me, 'Go down immediately, for your people, whom you brought out of Egypt, have corrupted themselves. They have quickly turned aside from the way I commanded them; they have made a molten image for themselves.'

  • Exod 3:22
    70%

    22Every woman is to ask her neighbor and any woman staying in her house for silver and gold jewelry and clothing, which you will put on your sons and daughters. So you will plunder the Egyptians.

  • 1 Kgs 12:28
    70%

    28After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves. He said to the people, "It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. Here are your gods, Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.

  • Exod 28:13
    69%

    13Make gold filigree settings.

  • Isa 31:7
    69%

    7For on that day each of you will reject the idols of silver and gold that your hands have sinfully made.

  • Deut 9:16
    69%

    16I saw that you had sinned against the LORD your God. You had made a molten calf for yourselves. You had quickly turned aside from the way the LORD had commanded you.

  • Exod 31:10
    69%

    10the woven garments, both the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments for his sons to serve as priests,

  • Num 3:51
    69%

    51Moses gave the redemption silver to Aaron and his sons, as directed by the LORD, just as the LORD commanded Moses.