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Exodus - ch 32 v 21 - 35
- And he said to Aaron: What has this people done to thee, that thou shouldst bring upon them a most heinous sin?
- And he answered him: Let not my lord be offended: for thou knowest this people, that they are prone to evil.
- They said to me: Make us gods, that may go before us: for as to this Moses, who brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is befallen him.
- And I said to them: Which of you hath any gold? and they took and brought it to me: and I cast it into the fire, and this calf came out.
- And when Moses saw that the people were naked, (for Aaron had stripped them by occasion of the shame of the filth, and had set them naked among their enemies,)
- Then standing in the gate of the camp, he said: If any man be on the Lord's side let him join with me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him:
- And he said to them: Thus saith the Lord God of Israel: Put every man his sword upon his thigh: go, and return from gate to gate through the midst of the camp, and let every man kill his brother, and friend, and neighbour.
- And the sons of Levi did according to the words of Moses, and there were slain that day about three and twenty thousand men.
- And Moses said: You have consecrated your hands this day to the Lord, every man in his son and in his brother, that a blessing may be given to you.
- And when the next day was come, Moses spoke to the people: You have sinned a very great sin: I will go up to the Lord, if by any means I may be able to entreat him for your crime.
- And returning to the Lord, he said: I beseech thee: this people hath sinned a heinous sin, and they have made to themselves gods of gold: either forgive them this trespass,
- Or if thou do not, strike me out of the book that thou hast written.
- And the Lord answered him: He that hath sinned against me, him will I strike out of my book:
- But go thou, and lead this people whither I have told thee: my angel shall go before thee. And I in the day of revenge will visit this sin also of theirs.
- The Lord therefore struck the people for the guilt on occasion of the calf which Aaron had made.
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