Exodus 32:24
22 “Do not be enraged, my lord,” Aaron replied. “You yourself know that the people are intent on evil.
23 They told me, ‘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!’
So I said to them, ‘Whoever has gold, let him take it off,’ and they gave it to me. And when I threw it into the fire, out came this calf!”
25 Moses saw that the people were out of control, for Aaron had let them run wild and become a laughingstock to their enemies.
26 So Moses stood at the entrance to the camp and said, “Whoever is for the LORD, come to me.” And all the Levites gathered around him.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- So I said to them, ‘Whoever has gold, let him take it off,’ and they gave it to me. And when I threw it into the fire, out came this calf!”
- KJV
- And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it off. So they gave it me: then I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf.
- WEB
- 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.”
- ASV
- And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it off: so they gave it me; and I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf.
- DARBY
- And I said to them, Who has gold? They broke [it] off, and gave [it] me, and I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf.
- BLB
- And I said to them, ‘Whoever has gold, let them break [it] off.’ And they gave [it] to me, and I cast it into the fire, and this calf came out.”
- ÅB
- Da sa jeg til dem: Den som har gullsmykker på seg, ta dem av seg! Så gav de meg dem, og jeg kastet dem på ilden, og slik ble denne kalv til.
- OTB
- Så jeg sa til dem: ‘Den som har noe gullsmykke, la dem ta det av.’ De ga det til meg, og jeg kastet det i ilden, og ut kom denne kalven!»
- B1930
- Da sa jeg til dem: Den som har gullsmykker på sig, ta dem av sig! Så gav de mig dem, og jeg kastet dem på ilden, og således blev denne kalv til.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Exodus 32:4
He took the gold from their hands, and with an engraving tool he fashioned it into a molten calf. And they said, “These, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!”
Read in contextGenesis 3:12–13
And the man answered, “The woman whom You gave me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”
Read in contextLuke 10:29
But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
Read in contextRomans 3:10
As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one.
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