When the people saw that Moses delayed coming down from the mountain, the people gathered themselves together to Aaron, and said to him, “Come, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we don’t know what has become of him.” Act 7:40Deu 9:92Pe 3:4Exo 24:18Mat 24:48Deu 9:11-12Act 17:29Deu 4:15-18
Aaron said to them, “Take off the golden rings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them to me.” Exo 12:35-36Jdg 8:24-27Ezk 16:11-12Ezk 16:17Hos 2:8Exo 35:22Gen 24:47Gen 24:22
All the people took off the golden rings which were in their ears, and brought them to Aaron. Isa 40:19-20Isa 46:6Jdg 17:3-4Jer 10:9 He received what they handed him, fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made it a molded calf. Then they said, “These are your gods, Israel, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt.” Neh 9:181Ki 12:28Act 7:41Deu 9:16Exo 32:8Isa 44:9-102Ki 10:29Hos 13:2
When Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made a proclamation, and said, “Tomorrow shall be a feast to the LORD.” 2Ki 10:20Lev 23:2Lev 23:371Co 5:81Ki 12:32-331Ki 21:91Sa 14:352Ch 30:5
They rose up early on the next day, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play. 1Co 10:7Num 25:2Act 7:41-42Exo 32:17-19Amo 2:8Amo 8:10Exo 24:4-5Jdg 16:23-25
The LORD spoke to Moses, “Go, get down; for your people, whom you brought up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves! Exo 32:11Hos 9:9Deu 9:12Exo 19:24Gen 6:11-12Jdg 2:19Dan 9:24Deu 32:5 They have turned away quickly out of the way which I commanded them. They have made themselves a molded calf, and have worshiped it, and have sacrificed to it, and said, ‘These are your gods, Israel, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt.’” 1Ki 12:28Exo 20:23Exo 20:3-4Deu 9:16Exo 22:20Jdg 2:17Exo 32:4
The LORD said to Moses, “I have seen these people, and behold, they are a stiff-necked people. Act 7:51Isa 48:4Deu 9:13Exo 33:3Exo 33:5Exo 34:92Ch 30:8Deu 31:27 Now therefore leave me alone, that my wrath may burn hot against them, and that I may consume them; and I will make of you a great nation.” Deu 9:14Num 14:12Deu 9:19Exo 22:24Num 16:45-48Num 14:19-20Num 16:22Exo 32:11
Moses begged the LORD his God, and said, “LORD, why does your wrath burn hot against your people, that you have brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand? Deu 9:18-20Deu 9:26-29Psa 106:23Isa 63:17Jer 12:1-2Num 11:11Num 16:22Psa 74:1-2 Why should the Egyptians talk, saying, ‘He brought them out for evil, to kill them in the mountains, and to consume them from the surface of the earth’? Turn from your fierce wrath, and turn away from this evil against your people. Num 14:13-16Deu 9:28Exo 32:14Jos 7:9Amo 7:3Amo 7:6Deu 13:17Deu 32:26-27 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, to whom you swore by your own self, and said to them, ‘I will multiply your offspring 1 as the stars of the sky, and all this land that I have spoken of I will give to your offspring, and they shall inherit it forever.’” Heb 6:13Gen 12:7Gen 22:16Gen 15:18Gen 15:5Gen 15:7Gen 35:11-12Deu 7:8
So the LORD turned away from the evil which he said he would do to his people. Jon 3:10Jer 26:13Psa 106:451Ch 21:15Jer 18:82Sa 24:16Jon 4:2Jer 26:19
Moses turned, and went down from the mountain, with the two tablets of the covenant in his hand; tablets that were written on both their sides. They were written on one side and on the other. Deu 9:15Deu 5:22Exo 16:34Exo 24:18Exo 31:18Exo 40:20Psa 19:7Rev 5:1 The tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets. Exo 31:18Heb 8:102Co 3:3Deu 10:1Deu 9:15Deu 9:9-11Exo 34:1Exo 34:4
When Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said to Moses, “There is the noise of war in the camp.” Exo 24:13Exo 17:91Sa 17:201Sa 17:521Sa 4:5-6Amo 1:14Amo 2:2Exo 32:18
He said, “It isn’t the voice of those who shout for victory. It is not the voice of those who cry for being overcome; but the noise of those who sing that I hear.” Dan 5:23Dan 5:4Exo 15:1-18 As soon as he came near to the camp, he saw the calf and the dancing. Then Moses’ anger grew hot, and he threw the tablets out of his hands, and broke them beneath the mountain. Deu 9:16-172Sa 6:14Deu 27:26Eph 4:26Exo 15:20Exo 32:11Exo 32:4-6Jer 31:32 He took the calf which they had made, and burned it with fire, ground it to powder, and scattered it on the water, and made the children of Israel drink it. Deu 9:212Ki 23:152Ki 23:6Deu 7:25Deu 7:5Pro 1:31Pro 14:14
Moses said to Aaron, “What did these people do to you, that you have brought a great sin on them?” Gen 20:9Jos 7:19-261Ki 14:161Ki 21:221Sa 26:192Ki 21:9-11Deu 13:6-8Gen 26:10
Aaron said, “Don’t let the anger of my lord grow hot. You know the people, that they are set on evil. Deu 9:241Sa 15:24Exo 14:11Exo 15:24Exo 16:20Pro 4:16Psa 36:4Deu 31:27 For they said to me, ‘Make us gods, which shall go before us. As for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we don’t know what has become of him.’ Exo 32:1-4Exo 32:8 I said to them, ‘Whoever has any gold, let them take it off.’ So they gave it to me; and I threw it into the fire, and out came this calf.” Exo 32:4Gen 3:12-13Luk 10:29Rom 3:10
When Moses saw that the people were out of control, (for Aaron had let them lose control, causing derision among their enemies), Isa 47:3Mic 1:11Rev 16:152Ch 28:19Dan 12:2Deu 9:20Exo 33:4-6Ezk 16:63 then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, “Whoever is on the LORD’s side, come to me!” 2Ki 9:32Mat 12:302Sa 20:11Jos 5:13
All the sons of Levi gathered themselves together to him. He said to them, “The LORD, the God of Israel, says, ‘Every man put his sword on his thigh, and go back and forth from gate to gate throughout the camp, and every man kill his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbor.’” Num 25:5Luk 14:26Deu 33:8-92Co 5:16Exo 32:26Exo 32:29Num 25:7-12 The sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses. About three thousand men fell of the people that day. Deu 33:91Co 10:8Heb 2:2-3Mal 2:4-6Num 16:32-35Num 16:41 Moses said, “Consecrate yourselves today to the LORD, for every man was against his son and against his brother, that he may give you a blessing today.” Num 25:11-13Mat 10:37Zec 13:3Deu 13:6-11Pro 21:31Sa 15:18-22Deu 33:9-10Jol 2:12-14
On the next day, Moses said to the people, “You have sinned a great sin. Now I will go up to the LORD. Perhaps I shall make atonement for your sin.” 1Sa 12:20Num 25:131Sa 12:232Ki 17:212Sa 16:12Amo 5:15Exo 32:31-32Jon 3:9
Moses returned to the LORD, and said, “Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made themselves gods of gold. Exo 20:23Dan 9:11Dan 9:8Exo 32:30Dan 9:5Deu 9:18-19Exo 20:4Exo 34:28 Yet now, if you will, forgive their sin—and if not, please blot me out of your book which you have written.” Psa 69:28Rom 9:3Php 4:3Rev 21:27Dan 12:1Rev 3:5Psa 139:16Psa 56:8
The LORD said to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against me, I will blot him out of my book. Deu 29:20Ezk 18:4Lev 23:30Psa 69:28Rev 20:12Psa 9:5Php 4:3Psa 109:13-14 Now go, lead the people to the place of which I have spoken to you. Behold, my angel shall go before you. Nevertheless, in the day when I punish, I will punish them for their sin.” Deu 32:35Exo 23:20Exo 3:17Exo 33:14-15Exo 33:2Mat 23:35Amo 3:14Exo 20:5 The LORD struck the people, because of what they did with the calf, which Aaron made. 2Sa 12:9-10Act 1:18Act 7:41Exo 32:25Exo 32:4Mat 27:3-7