Exodus 32:35
33 And the LORD said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book.
34 Therefore now go, lead the people unto the place of which I have spoken unto thee: behold, mine Angel shall go before thee: nevertheless in the day when I visit I will visit their sin upon them.
And the LORD plagued the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made.
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Compare
- BSB
- And the LORD sent a plague on the people because of what they had done with the calf that Aaron had made.
- KJV
- And the LORD plagued the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made.
- WEB
- The LORD struck the people, because of what they did with the calf, which Aaron made.
- ASV
- And Jehovah smote the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made.
- DARBY
- And Jehovah smote the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron had made.
- BLB
- And YHWH struck the people because of what they made the calf that Aaron had made.
- ÅB
- Slik slo Herren folket fordi de hadde gjort kalven - den som Aron hadde laget.
- OTB
- Da slo Herren folket med en plage på grunn av det de hadde gjort med kalven Aron hadde laget.
- B1930
- Således slo Herren folket fordi de hadde gjort kalven - den som Aron hadde laget.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Samuel 12:9–10
Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.
Read in contextActs 7:41
And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.
Read in contextExodus 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 contextMatthew 27:3–7
Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,
Read in contextExodus 32:25
And when Moses saw that the people were naked; (for Aaron had made them naked unto their shame among their enemies:)
Read in contextActs 1:18
Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.
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