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Exodus 32:31

Moses
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29 Afterward, Moses said, “Today you have been ordained for service to the LORD, since each man went against his son and his brother; so the LORD has bestowed a blessing on you this day.”

30 The next day Moses said to the people, “You have committed a great sin. Now I will go up to the LORD; perhaps I can make atonement for your sin.”

So Moses returned to the LORD and said, “Oh, what a great sin these people have committed! They have made gods of gold for themselves.

32 Yet now, if You would only forgive their sin.... But if not, please blot me out of the book that You have written.”

33 The LORD replied to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against Me, I will blot out of My book.

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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 Moses returned to the LORD and said, “Oh, what a great sin these people have committed! They have made gods of gold for themselves.
KJV
And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold.
WEB
Moses returned to the LORD, and said, “Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made themselves gods of gold.
ASV
And Moses returned unto Jehovah, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold.
DARBY
And Moses returned to Jehovah, and said, Alas, this people has sinned a great sin, and they have made themselves a god of gold!
BLB
And Moses returned to YHWH and said, “Oh, this people has sinned a great sin, and they have made for themselves gods of gold.
ÅB
Så vendte Moses tilbake til Herren og sa: Akk, dette folk har gjort en stor synd; de har gjort seg en gud av gull.
OTB
Så vendte Moses tilbake til Herren og sa: «Å, hvilken stor synd dette folket har begått! De har laget seg en gud av gull.
B1930
Så vendte Moses tilbake til Herren og sa: Akk, dette folk har gjort en stor synd; de har gjort sig en gud av gull.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Exodus 20:23

    You are not to make any gods alongside Me; you are not to make for yourselves gods of silver or gold.

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  • Daniel 9:11

    All Israel has transgressed Your law and turned away, refusing to obey Your voice; so the oath and the curse written in the Law of Moses the servant of God has been poured out on us, because we have sinned against You.

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  • Exodus 32:30

    The next day Moses said to the people, “You have committed a great sin. Now I will go up to the LORD; perhaps I can make atonement for your sin.”

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  • Daniel 9:8

    O LORD, we are covered with shame—our kings, our leaders, and our fathers—because we have sinned against You.

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  • Deuteronomy 9:18–19

    Then I fell down before the LORD for forty days and forty nights, as I had done the first time. I did not eat bread or drink water because of all the sin you had committed in doing what was evil in the sight of the LORD and provoking Him to anger.

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  • Ezra 9:15

    O LORD, God of Israel, You are righteous! For we remain this day as a remnant. Here we are before You in our guilt, though because of it no one can stand before You.”

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  • Nehemiah 9:33

    You are just in all that has befallen us, because You have acted faithfully, while we have acted wickedly.

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  • Daniel 9:5

    we have sinned and done wrong. We have acted wickedly and rebelled. We have turned away from Your commandments and ordinances.

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