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Exodus 32:23
“For they said to me, 'Make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we don't know what has become of him.”
Exodus 32:23 in the King James Version
For they said unto me, 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.Read Exodus 32:23 in the King James Version →
Verse in context — Exodus 32
Moses said to Aaron, "What did these people do to you, that you have brought a great sin on them?
Aaron said, "Don't let the anger of my lord grow hot. You know the people, that they are set on evil.
For they said to me, 'Make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we don't know what has become of him.
I said to them, 'Whoever has any gold, let them take it off:' so they gave it to me; and I threw it into the fire, and out came this calf.
When Moses saw that the people had broken loose, (for Aaron had let them loose for a derision among their enemies),
Cross references for Exodus 32:23
- Exodus 32:1-4
When the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, the people gathered themselves together to Aaron, and said to him, "Come, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of...
- Exodus 32:8
They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them. They have made themselves a molten 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...
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God delivers Israel from Egypt, gives the Ten Commandments, and establishes His covenant with His people.
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