Exodus 32:1
New King James Version
The Gold Calf(A)
32 Now when the people saw that Moses (B)delayed coming down from the mountain, the people (C)gathered together to Aaron, and said to him, (D)“Come, make us [a]gods that shall (E)go before us; for as for this Moses, the man who (F)brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.”
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- Exodus 32:1 Or a god
Exodus 32:1
New International Version
The Golden Calf
32 When the people saw that Moses was so long in coming down from the mountain,(A) they gathered around Aaron and said, “Come, make us gods[a] who will go before(B) us. As for this fellow Moses who brought us up out of Egypt, we don’t know what has happened to him.”(C)
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- Exodus 32:1 Or a god; also in verses 23 and 31
Exodus 32:2
New King James Version
2 And Aaron said to them, “Break off the (A)golden earrings which are in the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to me.”
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Exodus 32:2
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2 Aaron answered them, “Take off the gold earrings(A) that your wives, your sons and your daughters are wearing, and bring them to me.”
Exodus 32:4
New King James Version
4 (A)And he received the gold from their hand, and he fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made a molded calf.
Then they said, “This is your god, O Israel, that (B)brought you out of the land of Egypt!”
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Exodus 32:4
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4 He took what they handed him and made it into an idol(A) cast in the shape of a calf,(B) fashioning it with a tool. Then they said, “These are your gods,[a](C) Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.”(D)
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- Exodus 32:4 Or This is your god; also in verse 8
Deuteronomy 29:17
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17 and you saw their [a]abominations and their idols which were among them—wood and stone and silver and gold);
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- Deuteronomy 29:17 detestable things
Deuteronomy 29:17
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17 You saw among them their detestable images and idols of wood and stone, of silver and gold.(A)
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