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The Golden Calf
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|Êxodo 32:1| Now when the people saw that Moses delayed coming down from the mountain, they gathered together before Aaron and said to him, "Come, make us a1 god who will go before us; as for this Moses, the man who brought us up from the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him."
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|Êxodo 32:2| So Aaron replied to them, "Take off the gold rings that are in the ears of your wives, your sons and daughters, and bring them to me."
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|Êxodo 32:3| So all the people took off the gold rings that were in their ears and brought them to Aaron.
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|Êxodo 32:4| And he took the gold from their hands, and fashioned it with an engraving tool and made it into a molten2 calf; and they said, "This is your god, O Israel, who brought you up from the land of Egypt."
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|Êxodo 32:5| Now when Aaron saw the molten calf, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made a proclamation, and said, "Tomorrow shall be a feast to the LORD!"
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|Êxodo 32:6| So they got up early the next day and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; then the people sat down to eat and drink, and got up to play[shamefully—without moral restraint] .
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|Êxodo 32:7| Then the LORD said to Moses, "Go down at once, for your people, whom you brought up from the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves.
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|Êxodo 32:8| They have quickly turned aside from the way which I commanded them. They have made themselves a molten calf, and have worshiped it and sacrificed to it, and said, 'This is your god, O Israel, who brought you up from the land of Egypt!'"
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|Êxodo 32:9| The LORD said to Moses, "I have seen this people, and behold, they are a stiff-necked (stubborn, rebellious) people.
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|Êxodo 32:10| Now therefore, let Me alone and do not interfere, so that My anger may burn against them and that I may destroy them; and I will make of you (your descendants) a great nation."
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