¹ καί-C ὁράω-VB--AAPNSM ὁ- A--NSM λαός-N2--NSM ὅτι-C χρονίζω-VX--XAI3S *μωυσῆς-N1M-NSM καταβαίνω-VZ--AAN ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSN ὄρος-N3E-GSN συνἵστημι-VHI-AAI3S ὁ- A--NSM λαός-N2--NSM ἐπί-P *ααρων-N---DSM καί-C λέγω-V1--PAI3P αὐτός- D--DSM ἀναἵστημι-VH--AAD2S καί-C ποιέω-VA--AAD2S ἐγώ- P--DP θεός-N2--APM ὅς- --NPM προπορεύομαι-VF--FMI3P ἐγώ- P--GP ὁ- A--NSM γάρ-X *μωυσῆς-N1M-NSM οὗτος- D--NSM ὁ- A--NSM ἄνθρωπος-N2--NSM ὅς- --NSM ἐκἄγω-VBI-AAI3S ἐγώ- P--AP ἐκ-P *αἴγυπτος-N2--GSF οὐ-D οἶδα-VX--XAI1P τίς- I--NSN γίγνομαι-VX--XAI3S αὐτός- D--DSM

² καί-C λέγω-V1--PAI3S αὐτός- D--DPM *ααρων-N---NSM περιαἱρέω-VB--AMD2P ὁ- A--APN ἐνώτιον-N2N-APN ὁ- A--APN χρυσοῦς-A1C-APN ὁ- A--APN ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPN οὖς-N3T-DPN ὁ- A--GPF γυνή-N3K-GPF σύ- P--GP καί-C θυγάτηρ-N3--GPF καί-C φέρω-VA--AAD2P πρός-P ἐγώ- P--AS

³ καί-C περιαἱρέω-VAI-AMI3P πᾶς-A3--NSM ὁ- A--NSM λαός-N2--NSM ὁ- A--APN ἐνώτιον-N2N-APN ὁ- A--APN χρυσοῦς-A1C-APN ὁ- A--APN ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPN οὖς-N3T-DPN αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C φέρω-VAI-AAI3P πρός-P *ααρων-N---ASM

⁴ καί-C δέχομαι-VAI-AMI3S ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GPF χείρ-N3--GPF αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C πλάσσω-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--APN ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF γραφίς-N3D-DSF καί-C ποιέω-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--APN μόσχος-N2--ASM χωνευτός-A1--ASM καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S οὗτος- D--NPM ὁ- A--NPM θεός-N2--NPM σύ- P--GS *ἰσραήλ-N---VSM ὅστις- X--NPM ἀναβιβάζω-VAI-AAI3P σύ- P--AS ἐκ-P γῆ-N1--GSF *αἴγυπτος-N2--GSF

⁵ καί-C ὁράω-VB--AAPNSM *ααρων-N---NSM οἰκοδομέω-VAI-AAI3S θυσιαστήριον-N2N-ASN κατέναντι-P αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C κηρύσσω-VAI-AAI3S *ααρων-N---NSM λέγω-V1--PAPNSM ἑορτή-N1--NSF ὁ- A--GSM κύριος-N2--GSM αὔριον-D

⁶ καί-C ὀρθρίζω-VA--AAPNSM ὁ- A--DSF ἐπαύριον-D ἀναβιβάζω-VAI-AAI3S ὁλοκαύτωμα-N3M-APN καί-C προςφέρω-VAI-AAI3S θυσία-N1A-ASF σωτήριον-N2N-GSN καί-C καταἵζω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--NSM λαός-N2--NSM ἐσθίω-VB--AAN καί-C πίνω-VB--AAN καί-C ἀναἵστημι-VHI-AAI3P παίζω-V1--PAN

⁷ καί-C λαλέω-VAI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM πρός-P *μωυσῆς-N1M-ASM λέγω-V1--PAPNSM βαδίζω-V1--PAD2S ὁ- A--ASN τάχος-N3E-ASN ἐντεῦθεν-D καταβαίνω-VZ--AAD2S ἀνομέω-VAI-AAI3S γάρ-X ὁ- A--NSM λαός-N2--NSM σύ- P--GS ὅς- --APM ἐκἄγω-VBI-AAI2S ἐκ-P γῆ-N1--GSF *αἴγυπτος-N2--GSF

⁸ παραβαίνω-VZI-AAI3P ταχύς-A3U-ASN ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSF ὁδός-N2--GSF ὅς- --GSF ἐντέλλομαι-VAI-AMI2S αὐτός- D--DPM ποιέω-VAI-AAI3P ἑαυτοῦ- D--DPM μόσχος-N2--ASM καί-C προςκυνέω-VX--XAI3P αὐτός- D--DSM καί-C θύω-VX--XAI3P αὐτός- D--DSM καί-C εἶπον-VAI-AAI3P οὗτος- D--NPM ὁ- A--NPM θεός-N2--NPM σύ- P--GS *ἰσραήλ-N---VSM ὅστις- X--NPM ἀναβιβάζω-VAI-AAI3P σύ- P--AS ἐκ-P γῆ-N1--GSF *αἴγυπτος-N2--GSF

¹⁰ καί-C νῦν-D ἐάω-VA--AAD2S ἐγώ- P--AS καί-C θυμόω-VC--APPNSM ὀργή-N1--DSF εἰς-P αὐτός- D--APM ἐκτρίβω-VF--FAI1S αὐτός- D--APM καί-C ποιέω-VF--FAI1S σύ- P--AS εἰς-P ἔθνος-N3E-ASN μέγας-A1P-ASN

¹¹ καί-C δέω-VCI-API3S *μωυσῆς-N1M-NSM ἔναντι-P κύριος-N2--GSM ὁ- A--GSM θεός-N2--GSM καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S ἵνα-C τίς- I--NSN κύριος-N2--VSM θυμόω-V4--PMI2S ὀργή-N1--DSF εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASM λαός-N2--ASM σύ- P--GS ὅς- --APM ἐκἄγω-VBI-AAI2S ἐκ-P γῆ-N1--GSF *αἴγυπτος-N2--GSF ἐν-P ἰσχύς-N3U-DSF μέγας-A1--DSF καί-C ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSM βραχίων-N3N-DSM σύ- P--GS ὁ- A--DSM ὑψηλός-A1--DSM

¹² μήποτε-D εἶπον-VB--AAS3P ὁ- A--NPM *αἰγύπτιος-N2--NPM λέγω-V1--PAPNPM μετά-P πονηρία-N1A-GSF ἐκἄγω-VBI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--APM ἀποκτείνω-VA--AAN ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPN ὄρος-N3E-DPN καί-C ἐκ ἀναἁλίσκω-VA--AAN αὐτός- D--APM ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF παύω-VA--AMD2S ὁ- A--GSF ὀργή-N1--GSF ὁ- A--GSM θυμός-N2--GSM σύ- P--GS καί-C ἵλεως-A1B-NSM γίγνομαι-VB--AMD2S ἐπί-P ὁ- A--DSF κακία-N1A-DSF ὁ- A--GSM λαός-N2--GSM σύ- P--GS

¹³ μιμνήσκω-VS--APPNSM *αβρααμ-N---GSM καί-C *ισαακ-N---GSM καί-C *ἰακώβ-N---GSM ὁ- A--GPM σός-A1--GPM οἰκέτης-N1M-GPM ὅς- --DPM ὄμνυμι-VAI-AAI2S κατά-P σεαυτοῦ- D--GSM καί-C λαλέω-VAI-AAI2S πρός-P αὐτός- D--APM λέγω-V1--PAPNSM πολυπληθύνω-VF2-FAI1S ὁ- A--ASN σπέρμα-N3M-ASN σύ- P--GP ὡσεί-D ὁ- A--APN ἄστρον-N2N-APN ὁ- A--GSM οὐρανός-N2--GSM ὁ- A--DSN πλῆθος-N3E-DSN καί-C πᾶς-A1S-ASF ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF οὗτος- D--ASF ὅς- --ASF εἶπον-VAI-AAI2S δίδωμι-VO--AAN ὁ- A--DSN σπέρμα-N3M-DSN αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C καταἔχω-VF--FAI3P αὐτός- D--ASF εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASM αἰών-N3W-ASM

¹⁴ καί-C ἱλάσκομαι-VCI-API3S κύριος-N2--NSM περί-P ὁ- A--GSF κακία-N1A-GSF ὅς- --GSF εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S ποιέω-VA--AAN ὁ- A--ASM λαός-N2--ASM αὐτός- D--GSM

¹⁵ καί-C ἀποστρέφω-VA--AAPNSM *μωυσῆς-N1M-NSM καταβαίνω-VZI-AAI3S ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GSN ὄρος-N3E-GSN καί-C ὁ- A--NPF δύο-M πλάξ-N3K-NPF ὁ- A--GSN μαρτύριον-N2N-GSN ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPF χείρ-N3--DPF αὐτός- D--GSM πλάξ-N3K-NPF λίθινος-A1--NPF καταγράφω-VP--XPPNPF ἐκ-P ἀμφότεροι-A1A-GPN ὁ- A--GPN μέρος-N3E-GPN αὐτός- D--GPF ἔνθεν-D καί-C ἔνθεν-D εἰμί-V9--IAI3P γράφω-VP--XPPNPF

¹⁶ καί-C ὁ- A--NPF πλάξ-N3K-NPF ἔργον-N2N-NSN θεός-N2--GSM εἰμί-V9--IAI3P καί-C ὁ- A--NSF γραφή-N1--NSF γραφή-N1--NSF θεός-N2--GSM εἰμί-V9--PAI3S κολάπτω-VP--XPPNSF ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPF πλάξ-N3K-DPF

¹⁷ καί-C ἀκούω-VA--AAPNSM *ἰησοῦς-N---NSM ὁ- A--ASF φωνή-N1--ASF ὁ- A--GSM λαός-N2--GSM κράζω-V1--PAPGPM λέγω-V1--PAI3S πρός-P *μωυσῆς-N1M-ASM φωνή-N1--NSF πόλεμος-N2--GSM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF παρεμβολή-N1--DSF

¹⁸ καί-C λέγω-V1--PAI3S οὐ-D εἰμί-V9--PAI3S φωνή-N1--NSF ἐκἄρχω-V1--PAPGPM κατά-P ἰσχύς-N3U-ASF οὐδέ-C φωνή-N1--NSF ἐκἄρχω-V1--PAPGPM τροπή-N1--GSF ἀλλά-C φωνή-N1--ASF ἐκἄρχω-V1--PAPGPM οἶνος-N2--GSM ἐγώ- P--NS ἀκούω-V1--PAI1S

¹⁹ καί-C ἡνίκα-D ἐγγίζω-V1I-IAI3S ὁ- A--DSF παρεμβολή-N1--DSF ὁράω-V3--PAI3S ὁ- A--ASM μόσχος-N2--ASM καί-C ὁ- A--APM χορός-N2--APM καί-C ὀργίζω-VS--APPNSM θυμός-N2--DSM *μωυσῆς-N1M-NSM ῥίπτω-VAI-AAI3S ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GPF χείρ-N3--GPF αὐτός- D--GSM ὁ- A--APF δύο-M πλάξ-N3K-APF καί-C συντρίβω-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--APF ὑπό-P ὁ- A--ASN ὄρος-N3E-ASN

²⁰ καί-C λαμβάνω-VB--AAPNSM ὁ- A--ASM μόσχος-N2--ASM ὅς- --ASM ποιέω-VAI-AAI3P κατακαίω-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--ASM ἐν-P πῦρ-N3--DSN καί-C καταἀλέω-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--ASM λεπτός-A1--ASM καί-C σπείρω-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--ASM ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASN ὕδωρ-N3--ASN καί-C ποτίζω-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--ASN ὁ- A--APM υἱός-N2--APM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM

²¹ καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S *μωυσῆς-N1M-NSM ὁ- A--DSM *ααρων-N---DSM τίς- I--ASN ποιέω-VAI-AAI3S σύ- P--DS ὁ- A--NSM λαός-N2--NSM οὗτος- D--NSM ὅτι-C ἐπιἄγω-VBI-AAI2S ἐπί-P αὐτός- D--APM ἁμαρτία-N1A-ASF μέγας-A1--ASF

²² καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S *ααρων-N---NSM πρός-P *μωυσῆς-N1M-ASM μή-D ὀργίζω-V1--PMD2S κύριος-N2--VSM σύ- P--NS γάρ-X οἶδα-VX--XAI2S ὁ- A--ASN ὅρμημα-N3M-ASN ὁ- A--GSM λαός-N2--GSM οὗτος- D--GSM

²³ λέγω-V1--PAI3P γάρ-X ἐγώ- P--DS ποιέω-VA--AAD2S ἐγώ- P--DP θεός-N2--APM ὅς- --NPM προπορεύομαι-VF--FMI3P ἐγώ- P--GP ὁ- A--NSM γάρ-X *μωυσῆς-N1M-NSM οὗτος- D--NSM ὁ- A--NSM ἄνθρωπος-N2--NSM ὅς- --NSM ἐκἄγω-VBI-AAI3S ἐγώ- P--AP ἐκ-P *αἴγυπτος-N2--GSF οὐ-D οἶδα-VX--XAI1P τίς- I--NSN γίγνομαι-VX--XAI3S αὐτός- D--DSM

²⁴ καί-C εἶπον-VAI-AAI1S αὐτός- D--DPM εἰ-C τις- I--DSM ὑποἄρχω-V1--PAI3S χρυσίον-N2N-NPN περιαἱρέω-VB--AMD2P καί-C δίδωμι-VAI-AAI3P ἐγώ- P--DS καί-C ῥίπτω-VAI-AAI1S εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASN πῦρ-N3--ASN καί-C ἐκἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3S ὁ- A--NSM μόσχος-N2--NSM οὗτος- D--NSM

²⁵ καί-C ὁράω-VB--AAPNSM *μωυσῆς-N1M-NSM ὁ- A--ASM λαός-N2--ASM ὅτι-C διασκεδάζω-VT--XPI3S διασκεδάζω-VAI-AAI3S γάρ-X αὐτός- D--APM *ααρων-N---NSM ἐπίχαρμα-N3M-ASN ὁ- A--DPM ὑπεναντίος-A1A-DPM αὐτός- D--GPM

²⁶ ἵστημι-VHI-AAI3S δέ-X *μωυσῆς-N1M-NSM ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSF πύλη-N1--GSF ὁ- A--GSF παρεμβολή-N1--GSF καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S τίς- I--NSM πρός-P κύριος-N2--ASM εἶμι-V9--PAD3S πρός-P ἐγώ- P--AS συνἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3P οὖν-X πρός-P αὐτός- D--ASM πᾶς-A3--NPM ὁ- A--NPM υἱός-N2--NPM *λευί-N---GSM

²⁷ καί-C λέγω-V1--PAI3S αὐτός- D--DPM ὅδε- D--APN λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM τίθημι-VE--AMD2P ἕκαστος-A1--NSM ὁ- A--ASF ἑαυτοῦ- D--GSM ῥομφαία-N1A-ASF ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASM μηρός-N2--ASM καί-C διαἔρχομαι-VA--AAD2P καί-C ἀνακάμπτω-VA--AAD2P ἀπό-P πύλη-N1--GSF ἐπί-P πύλη-N1--ASF διά-P ὁ- A--GSF παρεμβολή-N1--GSF καί-C ἀποκτείνω-VA--AAD2P ἕκαστος-A1--NSM ὁ- A--ASM ἀδελφός-N2--ASM αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C ἕκαστος-A1--NSM ὁ- A--ASM πλησίον-D αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C ἕκαστος-A1--NSM ὁ- A--ASM ἐγγύς-D αὐτός- D--GSM

²⁸ καί-C ποιέω-VAI-AAI3P ὁ- A--NPM υἱός-N2--NPM *λευί-N---GSM καθά-D λαλέω-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--DPM *μωυσῆς-N1M-NSM καί-C πίπτω-VAI-AAI3P ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSM λαός-N2--GSM ἐν-P ἐκεῖνος- D--DSF ὁ- A--DSF ἡμέρα-N1A-DSF εἰς-P τρισχίλιοι-A1A-APM ἀνήρ-N3--APM

²⁹ καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--DPM *μωυσῆς-N1M-NSM πληρόω-VAI-AAI2P ὁ- A--APF χείρ-N3--APF σύ- P--GP σήμερον-D κύριος-N2--DSM ἕκαστος-A1--NSM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSM υἱός-N2--DSM ἤ-C ὁ- A--DSM ἀδελφός-N2--DSM δίδωμι-VC--APN ἐπί-P σύ- P--AP εὐλογία-N1A-ASF

³⁰ καί-C γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S μετά-P ὁ- A--ASF αὔριον-D εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S *μωυσῆς-N1M-NSM πρός-P ὁ- A--ASM λαός-N2--ASM σύ- P--NP ἁμαρτάνω-VX--XAI2P ἁμαρτία-N1A-ASF μέγας-A1--ASF καί-C νῦν-D ἀναβαίνω-VF--FMI1S πρός-P ὁ- A--ASM θεός-N2--ASM ἵνα-C ἐκἱλάσκομαι-VA--AMS1S περί-P ὁ- A--GSF ἁμαρτία-N1A-GSF σύ- P--GP

³¹ ὑποστρέφω-VAI-AAI3S δέ-X *μωυσῆς-N1M-NSM πρός-P κύριος-N2--ASM καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέομαι-V1--PMI1S κύριος-N2--VSM ἁμαρτάνω-VX--XAI3S ὁ- A--NSM λαός-N2--NSM οὗτος- D--NSM ἁμαρτία-N1A-ASF μέγας-A1--ASF καί-C ποιέω-VAI-AAI3P ἑαυτοῦ- D--DPM θεός-N2--APM χρυσοῦς-A1C-APM

³² καί-C νῦν-D εἰ-C μέν-X ἀποἵημι-V1--PAI2S αὐτός- D--DPM ὁ- A--ASF ἁμαρτία-N1A-ASF ἀποἵημι-VB--AAD2S εἰ-C δέ-X μή-D ἐκἀλείφω-VA--AAD2S ἐγώ- P--AS ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSF βίβλος-N2--GSF σύ- P--GS ὅς- --GSF γράφω-VAI-AAI2S

³³ καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM πρός-P *μωυσῆς-N1M-ASM εἰ-C τις- I--NSM ἁμαρτάνω-VX--XAI3S ἐνώπιον-P ἐγώ- P--GS ἐκἀλείφω-VF--FAI1S αὐτός- D--ASM ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSF βίβλος-N2--GSF ἐγώ- P--GS

³⁴ νυνί-D δέ-X βαδίζω-V1--PAD2S καταβαίνω-VZ--AAD2S καί-C ὁδηγέω-VA--AAD2S ὁ- A--ASM λαός-N2--ASM οὗτος- D--ASM εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASM τόπος-N2--ASM ὅς- --ASM εἶπον-VAI-AAI1S σύ- P--DS ἰδού-I ὁ- A--NSM ἄγγελος-N2--NSM ἐγώ- P--GS προπορεύομαι-V1--PMI3S πρό-P πρόσωπον-N2N-GSN σύ- P--GS ὅς- --DSF δέ-X ἄν-X ἡμέρα-N1A-DSF ἐπισκέπτω-V1--PMS1S ἐπιἄγω-VF--FAI1S ἐπί-P αὐτός- D--APM ὁ- A--ASF ἁμαρτία-N1A-ASF αὐτός- D--GPM

³⁵ καί-C πατάσσω-VAI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--ASM λαός-N2--ASM περί-P ὁ- A--GSF ποίησις-N3I-GSF ὁ- A--GSM μόσχος-N2--GSM ὅς- --GSM ποιέω-VAI-AAI3S *ααρων-N---NSM

¹ When the people saw that Moses delayed to come 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."

² 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."

³ All the people took off the golden rings which were in their ears, and brought them to Aaron.

⁴ He received what they handed him, and fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made it a molten calf; and they said, "These are your gods, Israel, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt."

⁵ When Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made a proclamation, and said, "Tomorrow shall be a feast to Yahweh."

⁶ 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.

⁷ Yahweh spoke to Moses, "Go, get down; for your people, who you brought up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves!

⁸ They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them. They have made themselves a molten 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.'"

⁹ Yahweh said to Moses, "I have seen these people, and behold, they are a stiff-necked people.

¹⁰ 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."

¹¹ Moses begged Yahweh his God, and said, "Yahweh, why does your wrath burn hot against your people, that you have brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?

¹² Why should the Egyptians speak, saying, 'He brought them forth for evil, to kill them in the mountains, and to consume them from the surface of the earth?' Turn from your fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against your people.

¹³ Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, to whom you swore by your own self, and said to them, 'I will multiply your seed as the stars of the sky, and all this land that I have spoken of I will give to your seed, and they shall inherit it forever.'"

¹⁴ Yahweh repented of the evil which he said he would do to his people.

¹⁵ Moses turned, and went down from the mountain, with the two tablets of the testimony in his hand; tablets that were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other they were written.

¹⁶ The tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tables.

¹⁷ When Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said to Moses, "There is the noise of war in the camp."

¹⁸ He said, "It isn't the voice of those who shout for victory, neither is it the voice of those who cry for being overcome; but the noise of those who sing that I hear."

¹⁹ It happened, as soon as he came near to the camp, that he saw the calf and the dancing: and Moses' anger grew hot, and he threw the tablets out of his hands, and broke them beneath the mountain.

²⁰ He took the calf which they had made, and burnt it with fire, ground it to powder, and scattered it on the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it.

²¹ Moses said to Aaron, "What did these people do to you, that you have brought a great sin on them?"

²² Aaron said, "Don't let the anger of my lord grow hot. You know the people, that they are set on evil.

²³ For they said to me, '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.'

²⁴ 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."

²⁵ When Moses saw that the people had broken loose, (for Aaron had let them loose for a derision among their enemies),

²⁶ then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, "Whoever is on Yahweh's side, come to me!" All the sons of Levi gathered themselves together to him.

²⁷ He said to them, "Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, '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.'"

²⁸ The sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.

²⁹ Moses said, "Consecrate yourselves today to Yahweh, yes, every man against his son, and against his brother; that he may bestow on you a blessing this day."

³⁰ It happened on the next day, that Moses said to the people, "You have sinned a great sin. Now I will go up to Yahweh. Perhaps I shall make atonement for your sin."

³¹ Moses returned to Yahweh, and said, "Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made themselves gods of gold.

³² Yet now, if you will, forgive their sin--and if not, please blot me out of your book which you have written."

³³ Yahweh said to Moses, "Whoever has sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book.

³⁴ 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."

³⁵ Yahweh struck the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made.