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Exodus 32:3

Aaron

1 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.

2 And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me.

And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron.

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.

5 And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to the LORD.

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BSB
Then all the people took off their gold earrings and brought them to Aaron.
KJV
And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron.
WEB
All the people took off the golden rings which were in their ears, and brought them to Aaron.
ASV
And all the people brake off the golden rings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron.
DARBY
Then all the people broke off the golden rings that were in their ears, and brought [them] to Aaron.
BLB
And all the people broke off the golden rings that [were] in their ears and brought [them] to Aaron.
ÅB
Da tok alt folket gullringene ut av sine ører og kom til Aron med dem;
OTB
Så tok hele folket av seg gulløredobbene sine og brakte dem til Aron.
B1930
Da tok alt folket gullringene ut av sine ører og kom til Aron med dem;

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Cross references

  • Isaiah 40:19–20

    The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.

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  • Jeremiah 10:9

    Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple is their clothing: they are all the work of cunning men.

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  • Isaiah 46:6

    They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, and hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yea, they worship.

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  • Judges 17:3–4

    And when he had restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver unto the LORD from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image: now therefore I will restore it unto thee.

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