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Book of Exodus, Chapter 32

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Chapter 32 of Exodus—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

  1. ¶ Now when the people saw that Moses 1delayed to come down from the mountain, the people assembled about Aaron and said to him, “Come, 2make us [a]a god who will go before us; as for 3this Moses, the man who brought us up from the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.”
  2. Aaron said to them, “4Tear off the gold rings which are in the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to me.”
  3. Then all the people tore off the gold rings which were in their ears and brought them to Aaron.
  4. He took this from their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool and made it into a 5molten calf; and they said, “[b]This is your god, O Israel, who brought you up from the land of Egypt.”
  5. Now 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.”
  6. So the next day they rose early and 6offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and 7the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up 8to play.
  7. ¶ Then the LORD spoke to Moses, “Go [c]down at once, for your people, whom 9you brought up from the land of Egypt, have 10corrupted themselves.
  8. They have quickly turned aside from the way which I commanded them. 11They have made for themselves a molten calf, and have worshiped it and 12have sacrificed to it and said, ‘[d]13This is your god, O Israel, who brought you up from the land of Egypt!’”
  9. 14The LORD said to Moses, “I have seen this people, and behold, they are [e]15an obstinate people.
  10. Now then 16let Me alone, that My anger may burn against them and that I may destroy them; and 17I will make of you a great nation.”
  11. ¶ Then 18Moses entreated the LORD his God, and said, “O LORD, why does Your anger burn against Your people whom You have brought out from the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?
  12. Why should 19the Egyptians speak, saying, ‘With evil intent He brought them out to kill them in the mountains and to destroy them from the face of the earth’? Turn from Your burning anger and change Your mind about doing harm to Your people.
  13. Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, Your servants to whom You 20swore by Yourself, and said to them, ‘I will 21multiply your [f]descendants as the stars of the heavens, and 22all this land of which I have spoken I will give to your [g]descendants, and they shall inherit it forever.’”
  14. 23So the LORD changed His mind about the harm which He said He would do to His people.
  15. 24Then Moses turned and went down from the mountain with the two tablets of the testimony in his hand, 25tablets which were written on both [h]sides; they were written on one side and the other.
  16. The tablets were God’s work, and the writing was God’s writing engraved on the tablets.
  17. Now when Joshua heard the sound of the people [i]as they shouted, he said to Moses, “There is a sound of war in the camp.”
  18. But he said,
    ¶ “It is not the sound of the cry of triumph,
    Nor is it the sound of the cry of defeat;
    But the sound of singing I hear.”
  19. ¶ It came about, as soon as [j]Moses came near the camp, that 26he saw the calf and the dancing; and Moses’ anger burned, and 27he threw the tablets from his hands and shattered them [k]at the foot of the mountain.
  20. 28He took the calf which they had made and burned it with fire, and ground it to powder, and scattered it over the surface of the water and made the sons of Israel drink it.
  21. ¶ Then Moses said to Aaron, “What did this people do to you, that you have brought such great sin upon them?”
  22. Aaron said, “Do not let the anger of my lord burn; you know the people yourself, 29that they are [l]prone to evil.
  23. For 30they said to me, ‘Make [m]a god for us who will go before us; for this Moses, the man who brought us up from the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.’
  24. I said to them, ‘Whoever has any gold, let them tear it off.’ So they gave it to me, and 31I threw it into the fire, and out came this calf.”
  25. ¶ Now when Moses saw that the people were [n]out of control—for Aaron had 32let them [o]get out of control to be a derision among [p]their enemies—
  26. then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, “Whoever is for the LORD, come to me!” And all the sons of Levi gathered together to him.
  27. He said to them, “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, ‘Every man of you put his sword upon his thigh, and go back and forth from gate to gate in the camp, and kill every man his brother, and every man his friend, and every man his [q]neighbor.’”
  28. So 33the sons of Levi did [r]as Moses instructed, and about three thousand men of the people fell that day.
  29. Then Moses said, “[s]Dedicate yourselves today to the LORD—for every man has been against his son and against his brother—in order that He may bestow a blessing upon you today.”
  30. ¶ On the next day Moses said to the people, “34You yourselves have [t]committed a great sin; and now I am going up to the LORD, perhaps I can 35make atonement for your sin.”
  31. Then Moses returned to the LORD, and said, “Alas, this people has [u]committed a great sin, and they have made [v]a 36god of gold for themselves.
  32. But now, if You will, forgive their sin—and if not, please blot me out from Your 37book which You have written!”
  33. The LORD said to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against Me, 38I will blot him out of My book.
  34. But go now, lead the people 39where I told you. Behold, 40My angel shall go before you; nevertheless 41in the day when I [w]punish, 42I will [x]punish them for their sin.”
  35. 43Then the LORD smote the people, because of 44what they did with the calf which Aaron had made.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Or gods
  2. ^ Or These are your gods
  3. ^ Lit go down
  4. ^ Or These are your gods
  5. ^ Or a stiff-necked
  6. ^ Lit seed
  7. ^ Lit seed
  8. ^ Lit their sides
  9. ^ Lit in its shouting
  10. ^ Lit he
  11. ^ Lit beneath
  12. ^ Lit in evil
  13. ^ Or gods
  14. ^ Lit let loose
  15. ^ Lit go loose
  16. ^ Lit those who rise against them
  17. ^ Or kin
  18. ^ Lit according to Moses’ word
  19. ^ Lit Fill your hand
  20. ^ Lit sinned
  21. ^ Lit sinned
  22. ^ Or gods
  23. ^ Lit visit
  24. ^ Lit visit their sin upon them

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Ex 24:18; De 9:11, 12
  2. ^ Ac 7:40
  3. ^ Ex 14:11
  4. ^ Ex 35:22
  5. ^ De 9:16; Ne 9:18; Ps 106:19; Ac 7:41
  6. ^ Ac 7:41
  7. ^ 1Co 10:7
  8. ^ Ex 32:17-19; Nu 25:2
  9. ^ Ex 32:4, 11; De 9:12
  10. ^ Ge 6:11f
  11. ^ Ex 20:3, 4, 23
  12. ^ Ex 22:20; 34:15; De 32:17
  13. ^ 1Ki 12:28
  14. ^ Nu 14:11-20
  15. ^ Ex 33:3, 5; 34:9; Is 48:4; Ac 7:51
  16. ^ De 9:14
  17. ^ Nu 14:12
  18. ^ De 9:18, 26
  19. ^ Nu 14:13-19; De 9:28; Jos 7:9
  20. ^ Ge 22:16-18; Heb 6:13
  21. ^ Ge 15:5; 26:4
  22. ^ Ge 12:7; 13:15; 15:18; 17:8; 35:12; Ex 13:5, 11; 33:1
  23. ^ Ps 106:45
  24. ^ De 9:15
  25. ^ Ex 31:18
  26. ^ Ex 32:6; De 9:16
  27. ^ De 9:17
  28. ^ De 9:21
  29. ^ De 9:24
  30. ^ Ex 32:1-4
  31. ^ Ex 32:4
  32. ^ 1Ki 12:28-30; 14:16
  33. ^ Nu 25:7-13; De 33:9
  34. ^ 1Sa 12:20, 23
  35. ^ Nu 25:13
  36. ^ Ex 20:23
  37. ^ Ps 69:28; Is 4:3; Da 12:1; Ml 3:16, 17; Pp 4:3; Re 3:5; 21:27
  38. ^ Ex 17:14; De 29:20; Ps 9:5; Re 3:5
  39. ^ Ex 3:17
  40. ^ Ex 23:20
  41. ^ De 32:35; Ro 2:5, 6
  42. ^ Ps 99:8
  43. ^ Ex 32:28
  44. ^ Ex 32:4, 24

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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