Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
KJV
King James Version
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. '
And when
the people saw
that Moses delayed
to come down out
of
the mount, the people gathered
themselves
together
unto
Aaron, and said
unto him, Up
, make us gods ,
which
shall
go before us ;
for as
for
this Moses ,
the man that
brought us up out of the land of Egypt ,
we wot
not what is
become
of
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 ;'
And Aaron said
unto them, Break off the golden
earrings,
which are in the ears of your wives, of
your sons, and of
your daughters, and bring them
unto me .
and all the people themselves
break
off the rings
of
gold
which `are'
in their ears, and bring
in
unto Aaron ,
And all the people brake
off the golden
earrings
which were
in their ears, and brought
them
unto 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. '
And he received
them
at
their hand, and fashioned
it with a graving tool, after
he
had
made
it a molten calf :
and they said
, These be
thy gods, O Israel, which
brought thee 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 ;'
And when
Aaron saw
it
, he
built
an altar before it ;
and Aaron made
proclamation
, and said
, To morrow is
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.
And they rose
up
early on the morrow, and offered
burnt offerings, and brought
peace offerings; and the people sat
down to eat and to drink, and rose
up to play.
And Jehovah
saith
unto Moses, `
Go, descend,
for thy people whom
thou hast
brought
up
out of the land of Egypt hath
done
corruptly
,
And the
LORD
said
unto Moses, Go, get
thee
down;
for thy people ,
which
thou broughtest
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. '
They have turned aside quickly
out
of
the way which
I commanded them :
they have made them
a molten calf, and have
worshipped
it, and have
sacrificed
thereunto
, and said
, These be
thy gods, O Israel, which
have
brought thee 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 ;
And the
LORD
said
unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold,
it is a stiffnecked
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 therefore
let me alone, that
my wrath
may
wax
hot
against them, and that
I may
consume them :
and I will
make of
thee 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?
And Moses besought
the LORD
his God, and said
, LORD
, why
doth thy
wrath
wax
hot
against thy people, which
thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power ,
and with 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.
Wherefore
should
the Egyptians speak, and
say
, For mischief
did
he bring
them out ,
to slay them in
the
mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth
? Turn from thy
fierce
wrath
, and repent of this
evil against thy 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
Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest
by thine
own
self
, and saidst
unto them,
I will
multiply your seed as the
stars of heaven
, and all this land that
I have spoken
of
will
I give unto
your seed, and they shall
inherit
it
for
ever.
and Jehovah
repenteth
of the evil which He hath
spoken
of
doing
to His people.
And the
LORD
repented
of the evil which he thought
to do
unto
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 ;
And Moses turned
, and went
down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony were
in his hand :
the
tables were
written on both their sides ;
on the
one
side
and on the
other
were
they written .
and the tables are
the work of God, and the writing is
the writing of God, graven on
the tables.
And the tables were
the work of God, and the writing was
the writing of God, graven upon
the tables.
And Joshua heareth
the voice
of the people in
their
shouting
, and
saith
unto Moses, `
A noise of battle
in the camp !'
And when
Joshua heard
the noise
of the people as
they
shouted
, he
said
unto Moses, There
is
a noise of war
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
. '
And he said
, It is not the voice of them
that
shout
for
mastery
, neither
is it the voice of them
that
cry
for
being
overcome:
but
the noise
of them
that
sing
do
I hear
.
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 ;
And it came
to pass, as
soon
as
he came
nigh
unto the camp, that he saw
the calf, and the dancing :
and Moses '
anger
waxed
hot
, and he cast
the
tables
out of his hands, and brake
them beneath
the mount .
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.
And he took
the calf which they had
made, and burnt
it in
the
fire, and ground
it to
powder
, and strewed
it
upon
the water
, and made
the children
of Israel drink of
it
.
And Moses saith
unto Aaron, `
What hath
this people done
to
thee, that thou hast brought in
upon
it
a
great sin? '
And Moses said
unto Aaron, What did
this people unto
thee, that thou hast brought so
great a
sin upon
them
?
and Aaron saith
, `
Let not the anger of my lord burn;
thou
--
thou hast
known
the people that it
`is'
in
evil;
And Aaron said
, Let not the anger of my lord wax
hot:
thou knowest
the people ,
that they
are
set
on
mischief.
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 ;
For
they said
unto
me, Make us gods, which
shall
go before us :
for as
for
this Moses ,
the man that
brought us up out of the land of Egypt ,
we wot
not what is
become
of
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
. '
And I said
unto
them, Whosoever
hath any
gold, let them break it off .
So
they gave
it
me :
then
I cast it into the fire, and there
came
out
this calf.
And Moses seeth
the people that
it
`is'
unbridled,
for Aaron hath
made it
unbridled
for
contempt
among its
withstanders,
And when
Moses saw
that
the people were
naked;
(
for Aaron had
made them
naked
unto
their
shame
among 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 ;
Then
Moses stood
in the gate of the camp, and said
, Who is on
the
LORD's
side
? let
him
come
unto me .
And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves
together
unto 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
. '
And he said
unto
them, Thus saith
the
LORD
God of Israel, Put every
man
his sword by his side
, and go
in
and
out
from gate to gate throughout
the camp, and slay every
man
his brother, and every
man
his companion
, and every
man
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 ,
And the children
of Levi did
according to the word of Moses :
and there fell
of the people that day about three thousand men .
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. '
For
Moses had
said
, Consecrate yourselves
today
to the
LORD
, even
every
man upon
his son, and upon
his brother ;
that
he
may
bestow
upon
you a blessing 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. '
And it came
to pass on the morrow, that Moses said
unto the people, Ye have sinned a great sin :
and now I will
go up unto the
LORD;
peradventure
I shall
make
an
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 ;
And Moses returned
unto the
LORD
, and said
, Oh ,
this people have
sinned a great sin, and
have
made
them
gods
of gold .
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 thou wilt
forgive
their sin-- ;
and if not ,
blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.
And Jehovah
saith
unto Moses, `Whoso
hath sinned against Me --
I blot him
out of My book ;
And the
LORD
said
unto Moses, Whosoever
hath sinned against me ,
him
will
I 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. '
Therefore
now go, lead the people unto
the
place
of
which
I have spoken unto
thee :
behold
, mine
Angel
shall
go
before thee :
nevertheless
in the day when
I visit
I
will
visit
their sin upon
them
.
And Jehovah
plagueth
the people, because they made the calf which Aaron made.
And the LORD
plagued
the
people, because they made the calf ,
which Aaron made.
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