³⁰ Now it came to pass on the next day that Moses said to the people, ^(A)“You have committed a great sin. So now I will go up to the Lord; ^(B)perhaps I can ^(C)make atonement for your sin.”

²⁰ Then Samuel said to the people, “Do not fear. You have done all this wickedness; ^(A)yet do not turn aside from following the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart.

¹³ and it shall be to him and ^(A)his descendants after him a covenant of ^(B)an everlasting priesthood, because he was ^(C)zealous for his God, and ^(D)made ^[a]atonement for the children of Israel.’ ”

²¹ For ^(A)He tore Israel from the house of David, and ^(B)they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king. Then Jeroboam drove Israel from following the Lord, and made them commit a great sin.

¹² It may be that the Lord will look on ^[a]my affliction, and that the Lord will ^(A)repay me with ^(B)good for his cursing this day.”

²³ Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord ^(A)in ceasing to pray for you; but ^(B)I will teach you the ^(C)good and the right way.

⁴⁷ Then Aaron took it as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the assembly; and already the plague had begun among the people. So he put in the incense and made atonement for the people.

³¹ Then Moses ^(A)returned to the Lord and said, “Oh, these people have committed a great sin, and have ^(B)made for themselves a god of gold! ³² Yet now, if You will forgive their sin—but if not, I pray, ^(C)blot me ^(D)out of Your book which You have written.”