Exodus 32:3

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So all the people broke off the golden earrings which were in their ears and brought them to Aaron.

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  • Judg 17:3-4 : 3 And when he had restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver to the LORD from my hand for my son, to make a carved image and a molten image: now therefore I will restore it to you. 4 Yet he restored the money to his mother; and his mother took two hundred shekels of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a carved image and a molten image: and they were in the house of Micah.
  • Isa 40:19-20 : 19 The workman molds a graven image, the goldsmith covers it with gold and casts silver chains. 20 He who is so impoverished that he has no offering chooses a tree that will not rot; he seeks for himself a skillful workman to prepare a graven image that will not be moved.
  • Isa 46:6 : 6 They pour out gold from the bag, and weigh silver on the scales, and hire a goldsmith; and he makes it a god: they fall down, yes, they worship.
  • Jer 10:9 : 9 Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple are their clothing: they are all the work of skilled men.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Exod 32:1-2
    2 verses
    94%

    1 When the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said to him, "Arise, make us gods to go before us; for as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him."

    2 Aaron said to them, "Break off the golden earrings that are in the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to me."

  • Exod 32:23-25
    3 verses
    82%

    23 For they said to me, 'Make us gods who shall go before us; as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.'

    24 And I said to them, 'Whoever has any gold, let them break it off.' So they gave it to me, and I threw it into the fire, and this calf came out."

    25 When Moses saw that the people were unrestrained (for Aaron had not restrained them, to their shame among their enemies),

  • Exod 32:4-5
    2 verses
    81%

    4 He received them from their hand, and fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made it a molten calf: and they said, "These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt."

    5 When Aaron saw it, he built an altar in front of it, and proclaimed, "Tomorrow is a feast to the LORD."

  • Num 31:50-51
    2 verses
    77%

    50 We have therefore brought an offering for the LORD, what every man has found, of jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings, earrings, and tablets, to make atonement for our souls before the LORD.

    51 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from them, all crafted jewels.

  • Exod 32:7-8
    2 verses
    77%

    7 The LORD said to Moses, "Go down at once; for your people whom you brought out of the land of Egypt have corrupted themselves.

    8 They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made a molten calf, have worshiped it, have sacrificed to it, and have said, 'These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.'"

  • Exod 35:22
    76%

    22 And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing-hearted, and brought bracelets, and earrings, and rings, and necklaces, all jewels of gold: and every man that offered, offered an offering of gold to the LORD.

  • Exod 33:4-6
    3 verses
    75%

    4 And when the people heard these bad tidings, they mourned: and no man did put on his ornaments.

    5 For the LORD had said to Moses, Say to the children of Israel, 'You are a stiff-necked people: I will come up into your midst in a moment and consume you: therefore now take off your ornaments from you, that I may know what to do with you.'

    6 And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments by Mount Horeb.

  • Exod 32:35
    75%

    35 The LORD plagued the people, because they made the calf which Aaron made.

  • Exod 32:19-21
    3 verses
    74%

    19 As soon as he came near the camp, he saw the calf and the dancing; and Moses' anger burned hot, and he threw the tablets out of his hands and broke them at the foot of the mountain.

    20 He took the calf which they had made, burned it in the fire, and ground it to powder, scattered it on the water, and made the children of Israel drink it.

    21 Moses said to Aaron, "What did this people do to you, that you have brought such a great sin upon them?"

  • Acts 7:40-41
    2 verses
    74%

    40 Saying to Aaron, Make us gods to go before us; as for this Moses, who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.

    41 And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifices to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.

  • Exod 11:2
    74%

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

  • Exod 32:31
    74%

    31 Moses returned to the LORD and said, "Oh, these people have committed a great sin, and have made gods of gold for themselves.

  • Exod 25:3
    73%

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

  • Judg 8:24-26
    3 verses
    73%

    24 And Gideon said to them, I would desire of you, that you would give me every man the earrings of his spoil. (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.)

    25 And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, and each man threw the earrings of his spoil into it.

    26 And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold; besides ornaments, and pendants, and purple clothing that was on the kings of Midian, and besides the chains that were on their camels' necks.

  • Exod 12:35
    72%

    35 And the children of Israel did according to the word of Moses; and they borrowed from the Egyptians articles of silver, and articles of gold, and clothing:

  • Neh 9:18
    72%

    18 Even when they made a molten calf for themselves, and said, 'This is your God that brought you up out of Egypt,' and committed great provocations,

  • Exod 35:5
    71%

    5 Take from among you an offering to the LORD: whoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, an offering of the LORD; gold, and silver, and bronze,

  • Isa 3:19-21
    3 verses
    71%

    19 The chains, the bracelets, and the veils,

    20 The headdresses, the leg ornaments, the headbands, the perfume boxes, and the charms,

    21 The rings, and nose jewels,

  • Gen 35:4
    71%

    4 And they gave to Jacob all the foreign gods which were in their hands, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.

  • Exod 4:30
    71%

    30 And Aaron spoke all the words which the LORD had spoken to Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people.

  • Num 31:54
    70%

    54 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tabernacle of meeting, as a memorial for the children of Israel before the LORD.

  • Deut 9:12
    70%

    12 And the LORD said to me, Arise, go down quickly from here; for your people which you have brought out of Egypt have corrupted themselves; they have quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have made for themselves a molten image.

  • Exod 3:22
    70%

    22 But every woman shall borrow of her neighbor, and of her who sojourns in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and clothing, and you shall put them upon your sons and upon your daughters; and you shall plunder the Egyptians.

  • 1 Kgs 12:28
    70%

    28 Therefore the king took counsel and made two calves of gold, and said to them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem; behold your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.

  • Exod 28:13
    69%

    13 And you shall make settings of gold

  • Isa 31:7
    69%

    7 For in that day every man will cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made for you as a sin.

  • Deut 9:16
    69%

    16 And I looked, and, behold, you had sinned against the LORD your God, and had made for yourselves a molten calf: you had quickly turned aside out of the way which the LORD had commanded you.

  • Exod 31:10
    69%

    10 The garments of service, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest’s office,

  • Num 3:51
    69%

    51 And Moses gave the money of those who were redeemed to Aaron and to his sons, according to the word of the LORD, as the LORD commanded Moses.