Exodus 33:5
For the LORD had said to Moses,“Tell the Israelites,‘You are a stiff-necked people. If I went up among you for a moment, I might destroy you. Now take off your ornaments, that I may know what I should do to you.’”
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- Gen 18:21 : 21 that I must go down and see if they are as wicked as the outcry suggests. If not, I want to know.”
- Gen 22:12 : 12 “Do not harm the boy!” the angel said.“Do not do anything to him, for now I know that you fear God because you did not withhold your son, your only son, from me.”
- Exod 33:3-4 : 3 Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey. But I will not go up among you, for you are a stiff-necked people, and I might destroy you on the way.” 4 When the people heard this troubling word they mourned; no one put on his ornaments.
- Num 16:21 : 21 “Separate yourselves from among this community, that I may consume them in an instant.”
- Num 16:45-46 : 45 “Get away from this community, so that I can consume them in an instant!” But they threw themselves down with their faces to the ground. 46 Then Moses said to Aaron,“Take the censer, put burning coals from the altar in it, place incense on it, and go quickly into the assembly and make atonement for them, for wrath has gone out from the LORD– the plague has begun!”
- Deut 8:2 : 2 Remember the whole way by which he has brought you these forty years through the wilderness so that he might, by humbling you, test you to see if you have it within you to keep his commandments or not.
- Job 34:20 : 20 In a moment they die, in the middle of the night, people are shaken and they pass away. The mighty are removed effortlessly.
- Ps 73:19 : 19 How desolate they become in a mere moment! Terrifying judgments make their demise complete!
- Ps 139:23 : 23 Examine me, O God, and probe my thoughts! Test me, and know my concerns!
- Isa 22:12 : 12 At that time the Sovereign LORD of Heaven’s Armies, called for weeping and mourning, for shaved heads and sackcloth.
- Lam 4:6 : 6 ו(Vav) The punishment of my people exceeded that of Sodom, which was overthrown in a moment with no one to help her.
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6So the Israelites stripped off their ornaments by Mount Horeb.
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7The LORD spoke to Moses:“Go quickly, descend, because your people, whom you brought up from the land of Egypt, have acted corruptly.
8They have quickly turned aside from the way that I commanded them– they have made for themselves a molten calf and have bowed down to it and sacrificed to it and said,‘These are your gods, O Israel, which brought you up from the land of Egypt.’”
9Then the LORD said to Moses:“I have seen this people. Look what a stiff-necked people they are!
10So now, leave me alone so that my anger can burn against them and I can destroy them, and I will make from you a great nation.”
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3Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey. But I will not go up among you, for you are a stiff-necked people, and I might destroy you on the way.”
4When the people heard this troubling word they mourned; no one put on his ornaments.
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12And he said to me,“Get up, go down at once from here because your people whom you brought out of Egypt have sinned! They have quickly turned from the way I commanded them and have made for themselves a cast metal image.”
13Moreover, he said to me,“I have taken note of these people; they are a stubborn lot!
- Num 16:44-452 verses74%
44The LORD spoke to Moses:
45“Get away from this community, so that I can consume them in an instant!” But they threw themselves down with their faces to the ground.
- Exod 34:2-32 verses74%
2Be prepared in the morning, and go up in the morning to Mount Sinai, and station yourself for me there on the top of the mountain.
3No one is to come up with you; do not let anyone be seen anywhere on the mountain; not even the flocks or the herds may graze in front of that mountain.”
- Exod 19:23-242 verses74%
23Moses said to the LORD,“The people are not able to come up to Mount Sinai, because you solemnly warned us,‘Set boundaries for the mountain and set it apart.’”
24The LORD said to him,“Go, get down, and come up, and Aaron with you, but do not let the priests and the people force their way through to come up to the LORD, lest he break through against them.”
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21The LORD said to Moses,“Go down and solemnly warn the people, lest they force their way through to the LORD to look, and many of them perish.
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16Then the LORD said to Moses,“You are about to die, and then these people will begin to prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land into which they are going. They will reject me and break my covenant that I have made with them.
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1The Sin of the Golden Calf When the people saw that Moses delayed in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said to him,“Get up, make us gods that will go before us. As for this fellow Moses, the man who brought us up from the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him!”
2So Aaron said to them,“Break off the gold earrings that are on the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to me.”
3So all the people broke off the gold earrings that were on their ears and brought them to Aaron.
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9and said,“If now I have found favor in your sight, O Lord, let my Lord go among us, for we are a stiff-necked people; pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for your inheritance.”
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8Now, don’t be stubborn like your fathers! Submit to the LORD and come to his sanctuary which he has permanently consecrated. Serve the LORD your God so that he might relent from his raging anger.
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21“Separate yourselves from among this community, that I may consume them in an instant.”
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11and be ready for the third day, for on the third day the LORD will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.
12You must set boundaries for the people all around, saying,‘Take heed to yourselves not to go up on the mountain nor touch its edge. Whoever touches the mountain will surely be put to death!
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3Moses went up to God, and the LORD called to him from the mountain,“Thus you will tell the house of Jacob, and declare to the people of Israel:
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5(I was standing between the LORD and you at that time to reveal the LORD’s message to you, because you were afraid of the fire and would not go up the mountain.) He said:
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16Therefore, cleanse your heart and stop being so stubborn!
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5God said,“Do not approach any closer! Take your sandals off your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.”
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34But when Moses went in before the LORD to speak with him, he would remove the veil until he came out. Then he would come out and tell the Israelites what he had been commanded.
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25Moses saw that the people were running wild, for Aaron had let them get completely out of control, causing derision from their enemies.
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7I said to them,“Each of you must get rid of the detestable idols you keep before you, and do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt; I am the LORD your God.”
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35Now the Israelites had done as Moses told them– they had requested from the Egyptians silver and gold items and clothing.
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17Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet God, and they took their place at the foot of the mountain.
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5Restitution for Sin Then the LORD spoke to Moses:
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6and you will be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you will speak to the Israelites.”
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18even when they made a cast image of a calf for themselves and said,‘This is your God who brought you up from Egypt,’ or when they committed atrocious blasphemies.
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9The LORD said to Moses,“I am going to come to you in a dense cloud, so that the people may hear when I speak with you and so that they will always believe in you.” And Moses told the words of the people to the LORD.
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26The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron:
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13Moses said to the LORD,“When the Egyptians hear it– for you brought up this people by your power from among them–
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16When I looked, you had indeed sinned against the LORD your God and had cast for yourselves a metal calf; you had quickly turned aside from the way he had commanded you!
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18Now today you dare to turn back from following the LORD! You are rebelling today against the LORD; tomorrow he may break out in anger against the entire community of Israel.
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23Then Moses spoke to the Israelites and they brought the one who cursed outside the camp and stoned him with stones. So the Israelites did just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
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2Instruct the people that each man and each woman is to request from his or her neighbor items of silver and gold.”
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2Moses alone may come near the LORD, but the others must not come near, nor may the people go up with him.”
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5Then Moses and Aaron fell down with their faces to the ground before the whole assembled community of the Israelites.
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10Then the LORD said to Moses,
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30The next day Moses said to the people,“You have committed a very serious sin, but now I will go up to the LORD– perhaps I can make atonement on behalf of your sin.”