Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
And
the people see
that Moses is
delaying
to
come
down from the mount
, and
the
people
assemble
against
Aaron ,
and say
unto
him
, `Rise
, make for
us gods who go before us ,
for this Moses --
the
man
who brought us up out of the land of Egypt --
we have
not known
what hath
happened to him .'
Now
when
the people saw
that Moses was
delayed
in
coming
down from the mountain
, they
gathered
around
Aaron and said
, “Come
, make us gods who will
go before us .
As
for this Moses who brought us up out of the land of Egypt ,
we do
not know
what has
happened to him !”
And
Aaron saith
unto
them, `Break
off the rings
of
gold which
`
are '
in
the
ears
of
your wives ,
your
sons ,
and your
daughters, and bring in
unto
me ;'
So
Aaron told
them, “Take
off the gold earrings
that
are on
your wives and
sons and daughters, and bring them
to
me .”
and
all the people themselves
break
off the
rings
of
gold
which
`are'
in
their ears,
and bring
in
unto
Aaron ,
Then
all the people took
off their gold
earrings
and brought
them
to
Aaron .
and
he receiveth
from their hand
, and doth
fashion
it
with a
graving
tool ,
and
doth
make
it a molten calf ,
and they say
, `
These thy
gods
, O Israel, who brought thee
up out of the land of Egypt .'
He took
the
gold
from their hands
, and with an
engraving
tool he
fashioned
it into
a molten calf .
And they said
, “
These, O Israel, are
your
gods,
who brought you
up out of the land of Egypt !”
And
Aaron seeth
, and
buildeth
an altar before it,
and
Aaron
calleth,
and saith,
`
A festival
to
Jehovah
--
to -morrow;'
When
Aaron saw
this
, he
built
an altar before the
calf
and proclaimed:
“Tomorrow
shall
be
a feast
to the
LORD.”
and
they
rise
early
on
the morrow
, and
cause
burnt -
offerings to
ascend
, and bring
nigh
peace -
offerings ;
and the people sit
down to eat and to
drink, and rise
up to play
.
So
the next
day
they
arose
, offered
burnt offerings, and presented
peace offerings .
And the people sat
down to eat and drink, and got
up to indulge
in
revelry
.
And
Jehovah
saith
unto
Moses, `
Go ,
descend
, for thy
people whom thou
hast
brought up out of the land of Egypt hath
done
corruptly
,
Then
the
LORD
said
to
Moses, “
Go down
at
once
, for your
people ,
whom you
brought up out of the land of Egypt, have
corrupted
themselves.
they have turned aside hastily
from the way that I have
commanded them ;
they have made for themselves a molten calf ,
and bow
themselves
to it ,
and
sacrifice
to it ,
and say
, These thy
gods
, O Israel, who brought thee
up out of the land of Egypt. '
How
quickly
they have turned aside from the way that I commanded them !
They have made for themselves a molten calf and have
bowed
down
to it .
They
have
sacrificed
to it and said
, ‘
These, O Israel, are
your
gods,
who brought you
up out of the land of Egypt. ’”
And
Jehovah
saith
unto
Moses, `
I have seen this people, and lo,
it
`is'
a stiff-necked people ;
The
LORD
also
said
to
Moses, “
I have seen this people, and they
are
indeed
a stiff-necked people .
and
now ,
let
Me alone, and
My anger doth
burn against them ,
and I
consume them ,
and
I make thee
become
a great nation. '
Now leave
Me alone, so
that
My anger may
burn against them and consume them .
Then
I will
make you
into
a great nation. ”
And
Moses appeaseth
the face
of Jehovah
his God, and
saith,
`Why
, O Jehovah
, doth
Thine
anger burn against Thy
people, whom Thou
hast
brought forth
out of the land of Egypt with great power and with
a strong
hand?
But
Moses sought
the favor
of the
LORD
his God, saying
, “
O LORD
, why
does
Your
anger burn against Your
people, whom You
brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and a mighty
hand?
why do
the Egyptians speak,
saying
, For
evil
He brought them out to slay
them among
mountains ,
and to
consume
them from off
the face of the ground
? turn back
from the
heat
of
Thine
anger ,
and repent
of
the
evil
against
Thy
people.
Why should
the Egyptians declare
, ‘
He brought them out with
evil
intent,
to kill
them in
the
mountains and wipe
them from the face of the earth’
? Turn from Your
fierce
anger and relent
from
doing
harm
to
Your
people.
`Be
mindful
of
Abraham, of
Isaac, and of
Israel, Thy
servants,
to whom Thou
hast
sworn
by Thyself
, and
unto
whom
Thou
speakest:
I multiply
your seed
as stars of
the heavens
, and all this land ,
as
I have said,
I
give
to
your
seed
, and they
have
inherited
to
the
age;'
Remember
Your
servants
Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, to whom You
swore
by Your
very
self
when
You
declared
, ‘
I will
make
your descendants
as numerous
as
the
stars in
the sky
, and I
will
give
your
descendants
all this land that
I have promised
, and it
shall
be
their
inheritance
forever.’”
and
Jehovah
repenteth
of
the evil
which
He hath
spoken
of
doing
to His people.
So
the LORD
relented
from
the
calamity
He had
threatened
to bring
on
His people.
And
Moses turneth,
and goeth
down from
the mount,
and
the two tables
of the testimony `are'
in his hand,
tables
written
on both their
sides, on
this
and on
that
`are'
they
written;
Then
Moses turned
and went
down the mountain
with
the two tablets
of the Testimony in his hands.
They
were
inscribed
on both sides, front
and back.
and
the tables
are
the work of God, and the writing is
the writing of God, graven
on the tables
.
The tablets
were
the work of God, and the writing was
the writing of God, engraved
on the tablets
.
And
Joshua heareth
the voice
of the people in
their
shouting, and
saith
unto
Moses, `A
noise
of battle
in the camp !'
When
Joshua heard
the sound
of the people shouting, he
said
to
Moses, “The
sound
of war
is
in the camp .”
and
he
saith,
`
It is not
the
voice
of
the crying
of might,
nor is
it
the voice
of the crying
of
weakness
--
a
voice
of singing I
am
hearing.'
But
Moses
replied:
“
It is neither
the cry
of victory
nor the cry
of defeat;
I
hear
the sound
of singing !”
And
it
cometh
to
pass,
when
he
hath
drawn
near
unto
the camp ,
that
he
seeth
the calf ,
and the dancing, and
the
anger of
Moses
burneth,
and he
casteth
out of his hands the
tables
, and
breaketh
them under
the mount;
As
Moses
approached
the camp and
saw
the calf and the dancing, he
burned
with
anger and threw
the
tablets
out of his hands, shattering
them at
the base
of
the
mountain.
and
he taketh
the calf which
they have
made, and
burneth
`
it '
with
fire, and
grindeth
until
`
it is'
small
, and scattereth
on
the face of the waters,
and
causeth
the sons
of
Israel
to drink.
Then
he took
the calf they had
made, burned
it in
the
fire, ground
it to
powder
, and scattered
the powder
over
the
face of the water.
Then
he
forced
the Israelites
to drink it
.
And
Moses
saith
unto
Aaron,
`
What hath
this people done
to thee
, that thou
hast
brought
in
upon
it
a
great sin? '
“
What did
this people do
to you
, ”
Moses
asked
Aaron,
“
that you
have
led
them
into
so
great a
sin? ”
and
Aaron
saith,
`Let
not the
anger
of
my lord burn;
thou
--
thou
hast
known
the people that
it
`is'
in
evil ;
“Do
not be
enraged,
my lord ,”
Aaron
replied.
“You
yourself
know
that
the people are
intent
on
evil .
and
they say
to
me, Make for
us gods ,
who go before us ,
for this Moses --
the
man
who brought us up out of the land of Egypt --
we have
not known
what hath
happened to him ;
They told
me, ‘
Make us gods who will
go before us .
As
for this Moses who brought us up out of the land of Egypt ,
we do
not know
what has
happened to him !’
and
I say
to them, Whoso
hath
gold, let them
break
`
it '
off, and they give
to me ,
and I cast
it into the fire, and
this calf cometh
out.'
So
I said
to them, ‘Whoever
has
gold, let him
take
it off, ’
and they gave
it
to me .
And when
I threw
it into the fire, out
came
this calf !”
And
Moses seeth
the people that
it
`is'
unbridled
, for Aaron hath
made
it
unbridled
for
contempt
among
its
withstanders,
Moses saw
that
the people were
out
of
control
, for Aaron had
let
them
run
wild
and
become
a
laughingstock
to
their
enemies.
and
Moses standeth
in
the gate
of
the camp ,
and saith
, `Who
`
is '
for Jehovah?
--
unto
me !'
and all the sons
of
Levi
are
gathered unto
him ;
So
Moses stood
at
the entrance
to
the camp and said
, “Whoever
is for the
LORD,
come
to
me .”
And all the Levites
gathered around
him .
and
he saith
to
them, `Thus
said
Jehovah
, God of Israel, Put
each his sword by
his thigh
, pass
over
and
turn
back from gate to gate through
the
camp
, and slay each
his brother, and
each
his friend, and each
his relation
. '
He told
them, “This
is
what
the
LORD
, the
God of Israel, says:
‘
Each of
you
men
is
to
fasten
his sword to
his side
, go
back and
forth
through
the
camp
from gate to gate, and slay his brother, his friend, and his neighbor
. ’”
And
the sons
of
Levi
do
according
to
the
word
of
Moses, and there
fall
of
the
people
on
that day about three thousand men,
The Levites
did
as
Moses commanded
, and that day about three thousand of
the
people
fell
dead.
and
Moses saith
, `Consecrate
your
hand
to-day
to Jehovah
, for
a
man `is'
against his son ,
and against
his brother ,
so as
to
bring
on you to-
day a
blessing
. '
Afterward,
Moses said
, “Today
you
have
been
ordained
for
service
to the
LORD
, since
each
man went
against his son and his brother ;
so the
LORD
has
bestowed
a
blessing
on you this
day. ”
And
it
cometh
to
pass,
on
the morrow,
that
Moses saith
unto
the people, `Ye
--
ye
have sinned
a great sin ,
and
now I go up unto
Jehovah,
if
so
be
I atone
for your sin. '
The next
day
Moses said
to
the people, “You
have committed
a great sin .
Now I will
go up to
the
LORD;
perhaps
I can
make
atonement
for your sin. ”
And
Moses turneth
back
unto
Jehovah,
and saith
, `
Oh this
people
hath
sinned
a great sin ,
that
they make
to
themselves
a
god
of gold ;
So
Moses returned
to
the
LORD
and said
, “
Oh ,
what
a great sin these
people
have
committed!
They have
made
gods
of gold for
themselves.
and
now, if Thou
takest
away
their sin --
and
if not --
blot me ,
I
pray
thee,
out of Thy
book which
Thou
hast
written. '
Yet
now, if You
would
only
forgive
their sin ....
But
if not ,
please
blot me out of the
book that
You
have
written. ”
And
Jehovah
saith
unto
Moses, `Whoso
hath
sinned against Me --
I blot him
out of My book ;
The
LORD
replied
to
Moses, “Whoever
has
sinned against Me ,
I will
blot out of My book .
and
now ,
go, lead the people whithersoever
I
have
spoken
to thee
of;
lo
, My messenger
goeth
before thee,
and
in
the day of
my
charging
--
then
I have
charged
upon
them their sin. '
Now go, lead the people to the
place
I
described.
Behold
, My angel
shall
go
before you.
But
on
the day I settle
accounts,
I
will
punish
them for
their sin. ”
And Jehovah
plagueth
the people ,
because they made
the calf which
Aaron made.
And the LORD
sent
a
plague
on
the
people because of
what
they had
done
with
the calf that
Aaron had
made.
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