Exodus 32:1

Now when the people saw that Moses was delayed in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said, “Come, make us gods who will go before us. As for this Moses who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him!”

2 So Aaron told them, “Take off the gold earrings that are on your wives and sons and daughters, and bring them to me.”

3 Then all the people took off their gold earrings and brought them to Aaron.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Now when the people saw that Moses was delayed in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said, “Come, make us gods who will go before us. As for this Moses who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him!”
KJV
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.
WEB
When the people saw that Moses delayed coming 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.”
ASV
And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from 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 know not what is become of him.
DARBY
And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, the people collected together to Aaron, and said to him, Up, make us a god, who will go before us; for this Moses, the man that has brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what is become of him!
BLB
And the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, and the people gathered together against Aaron and they said to him, “Arise, make for us gods who will go before our faces. For this Moses, the man who brought us up from the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.”
ÅB
Men da folket så at Moses drøyde med å komme ned fra fjellet, samlet folket seg om Aron og sa til ham: Kom, gjør oss en gud som kan dra foran oss! For denne Moses, han som førte oss opp fra Egypt - vi vet ikke hva det er blitt av ham.
OTB
Da folket så at Moses drøyde med å komme ned fra fjellet, samlet de seg rundt Aron og sa: «Kom, lag oss en gud som kan gå foran oss. For denne Moses, mannen som førte oss opp fra landet Egypt, vet vi ikke hva som har hendt med ham.»
B1930
Men da folket så at Moses drygde med å komme ned fra fjellet, samlet folket sig om Aron og sa til ham: Kom, gjør oss en gud som kan dra foran oss! For denne Moses, han som førte oss op fra Egyptens land - vi vet ikke hvad det er blitt av ham.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Acts 7:40

    They said to Aaron, ‘Make us gods who will go before us! As for this Moses who led us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him.’

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  • Deuteronomy 9:9

    When I went up on the mountain to receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant that the LORD made with you, I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights. I ate no bread and drank no water.

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  • Matthew 24:48

    But suppose that servant is wicked and says in his heart, ‘My master will be away a long time.’

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  • Exodus 24:18

    Moses entered the cloud as he went up on the mountain, and he remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights.

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  • 2 Peter 3:4

    “Where is the promise of His coming?” they will ask. “Ever since our fathers fell asleep, everything continues as it has from the beginning of creation.”

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  • Deuteronomy 9:11–12

    And at the end of forty days and forty nights, the LORD gave me the two stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant.

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  • Exodus 13:21

    And the LORD went before them in a pillar of cloud to guide their way by day, and in a pillar of fire to give them light by night, so that they could travel by day or night.

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  • Deuteronomy 4:15–18

    So since you saw no form of any kind on the day the LORD spoke to you out of the fire at Horeb, be careful

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