Exodus 32:24
22 And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they are set on mischief.
23 For they said unto me, 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.
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.
25 And when Moses saw that the people were naked; (for Aaron had made them naked unto their shame among their enemies:)
26 Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the LORD’s side? let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto 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.
Compare
- 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
And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
Read in contextGenesis 3:12–13
And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
Read in contextLuke 10:29
But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour?
Read in contextRomans 3:10
As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
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