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Exodus 32:8

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6 And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.

7 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves:

They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

9 And the LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:

10 Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.

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BSB
How quickly they have turned aside from the way that I commanded them! They have made for themselves a molten calf and have bowed down to it. They have sacrificed to it and said, ‘These, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.’”
KJV
They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
WEB
They have turned away quickly out of the way which I commanded them. They have made themselves a molded calf, and have worshiped it, and have sacrificed to it, and said, ‘These are your gods, Israel, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt.’”
ASV
they have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed unto it, and said, These are thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
DARBY
They have turned aside quickly out of the way that I commanded them: they have made themselves a molten calf, and have bowed down to it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, This is thy god, Israel, who has brought thee up out of the land of Egypt!
BLB
They have turned aside quickly from the way that I commanded them! They have made for themselves a molten calf and they have bowed down to it, and they have sacrificed to it and they have said, ‘These [are] your gods, O Israel, who brought you up from the land of Egypt!’”
ÅB
De er hastig veket av fra den vei jeg befalte dem å vandre; de har gjort seg en støpt kalv; den har de tilbedt og ofret til og sagt: Dette er din Gud, Israel, som førte deg opp fra Egypt.
OTB
De har raskt vendt seg bort fra den veien jeg befalte dem. De har laget seg en støpt metallkalv, har bøyd seg for den og ofret til den, og sagt: ‘Dette er din gud, Israel, som førte deg opp fra landet Egypt.’»
B1930
De er hastig veket av fra den vei jeg bød dem å vandre; de har gjort sig en støpt kalv; den har de tilbedt og ofret til og sagt: Dette er din Gud, Israel, som førte dig op fra Egyptens land.

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Cross references

  • 1 Kings 12:28

    Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

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  • Exodus 20:3–4

    Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

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  • Exodus 20:23

    Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold.

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  • Deuteronomy 9:16

    And I looked, and, behold, ye had sinned against the LORD your God, and had made you a molten calf: ye had turned aside quickly out of the way which the LORD had commanded you.

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  • Exodus 22:20

    He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed.

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  • Judges 2:17

    And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the LORD; but they did not so.

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  • 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.

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