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Exodus 32
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Het gouden kalf

32 Toen het volk zag dat Mozes niet direct terugkeerde van de berg, ging het naar Aäron. ‘Vooruit,’ zeiden zij, ‘maak een god voor ons die voor ons uit kan gaan, want we weten niet wat er met Mozes gebeurd is, die ons uit Egypte hierheen heeft geleid.’ 2 ‘Goed,’ zei Aäron, ‘geef mij jullie gouden ringen maar.’ 3 Iedereen leverde zijn gouden ringen in: mannen, vrouwen, jongens en meisjes. 4 Aäron smolt het goud en goot het in de vorm van een kalf. De Israëlieten riepen: ‘O Israël, dit is de god die ons uit Egypte heeft bevrijd!’ 5 Toen Aäron zag hoe blij de mensen met hun god waren, bouwde hij een altaar voor het kalf en kondigde aan: ‘Morgen vieren we een groot feest voor de Here!’ 6 De volgende morgen waren de mensen al vroeg op en brachten brandoffers en vredeoffers aan het kalf. Daarna werd er gegeten en gedronken en ze stonden op om losbandig te dansen.

7 De Here zei tegen Mozes: ‘Ga snel naar beneden! Het volk dat u uit Egypte hebt geleid, heeft zichzelf in het verderf gestort. 8 Ze hebben mijn wetten nu al de rug toegekeerd. Ze hebben zelf een kalf gemaakt en daarvoor geknield en geofferd. “Dit is de god die ons uit Egypte heeft bevrijd, Israël,” hebben zij geroepen!’ 9 Toen zei de Here: ‘Ik heb nu gezien wat een koppig en ongehoorzaam volk dit is! 10 Laat Mij mijn gang gaan, dan zal Ik mijn toorn op hen koelen en ze allemaal vernietigen en Ik zal u, Mozes, in plaats van hen tot een groot volk laten worden.’ 11 Maar Mozes smeekte God dat niet te doen. ‘Here,’ drong hij aan, ‘waarom zou U uw toorn koelen op uw eigen volk, dat U uit Egypte hebt bevrijd met veel machtsvertoon en grote wonderen? 12 Wilt U dat de Egyptenaren later zeggen: “Hij heeft het volk naar de bergen gebracht om het te kunnen vernietigen en van de aardbodem weg te vagen?” Vergeet uw toorn toch en straf het volk niet! 13 Denk aan uw belofte aan uw dienaren Abraham, Isaak en Israël. Want U hebt hun Zelf gezworen: “Ik zal uw nakomelingen zo talrijk maken als de sterren aan de hemel en Ik zal hun dit hele land, waarover Ik heb gesproken en wat Ik aan uw nakomelingen heb beloofd, tot een eeuwig bezit geven.” ’ 14 Toen veranderde de Here van gedachten en spaarde hen.

15 Mozes ging de berg af met in zijn handen de Tien Geboden, geschreven op de beide kanten van twee stenen plaquettes. 16 God had deze plaquettes Zelf beschreven. 17 Toen Jozua het lawaai van de feestende Israëlieten in het kamp hoorde, riep hij naar Mozes: ‘Het lijkt wel of er wordt gevochten in het kamp!’ 18 ‘Nee,’ antwoordde Mozes, ‘het is geen geluid als bij een overwinning of een nederlaag. Zij zingen.’ 19 Toen de beide mannen bij het kamp kwamen, zag Mozes het kalf en de dansende menigte. Woedend smeet hij de twee stenen plaquettes op de grond. Daar lagen ze in stukken aan de voet van de berg. 20 Hij greep het kalf en smolt het in het vuur. Toen het goud was afgekoeld, vermaalde hij het tot poeder. Het goudpoeder gooide hij in het water en hij dwong de Israëlieten dit water te drinken. 21 Toen riep Mozes Aäron ter verantwoording. ‘Wat hebben deze mensen jou misdaan, dat je zoʼn zware zonde op hen laadt?’ vroeg hij. 22 ‘Word alsjeblieft niet kwaad,’ verdedigde Aäron zich. ‘Je weet toch dat dit volk snel tot zonde vervalt? 23 Zij zeiden tegen mij: “Maak een god voor ons die voor ons uit kan gaan, want we weten niet wat er met Mozes is gebeurd, die ons uit Egypte hierheen heeft gebracht.” 24 Toen zei ik: “Geef me jullie gouden ringen dan maar”. Die brachten ze allemaal bij me en ik gooide ze in het vuur en toen kwam dit kalf eruit!’

25 Toen Mozes zag dat het volk zichzelf en zijn God kwijt was door de aanbidding van het kalf—op aanmoediging van Aäron en tot leedvermaak van hun vijanden— 26 ging hij bij de ingang van het kamp staan en riep luid: ‘Laten zij die vóór de Here zijn, bij mij komen!’ Toen kwamen alle Levieten bij hem staan.

27 Hij zei tegen hen: ‘De Here, de God van Israël, zegt: “Ga het kamp door en dood jullie broers, vrienden en buren.” ’ 28 De Levieten gaven gehoor aan die opdracht. Die dag stierven ongeveer drieduizend man. 29 Daarna zei Mozes tegen de Levieten: ‘Vandaag zijn jullie aan de Here gewijd, want jullie hebben Hem gehoorzaamd, ook al betekende dat het doden van jullie broers, vrienden en buren. De Here zal jullie rijk zegenen.’

30 De volgende dag sprak Mozes het volk toe en zei: ‘Jullie hebben een grote zonde begaan, maar ik zal de berg weer beklimmen om de Here te vragen of Hij jullie wil vergeven.’ 31 Daarna ging Mozes terug naar de Here en zei: ‘Het volk heeft een grote zonde begaan, want het heeft voor zichzelf een gouden god gemaakt. 32 Alstublieft, vergeeft U hun hun zonde en zo niet, verwijder mijn naam dan uit het boek dat U hebt geschreven.’ 33 ‘Iemand die tegen Mij heeft gezondigd, verwijder Ik uit mijn boek,’ antwoordde de Here. 34 ‘Maar ga hier nu weg en breng het volk naar de plaats waarover Ik heb gesproken. Ik beloof je dat mijn Engel voor jullie uit zal gaan. Maar als Ik dit volk weer bezoek, zal Ik hen zeker straffen voor hun zonde.’

35 Zo strafte de Here het volk, omdat het Aärons kalf had aanbeden.

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The Gold Calf(A)

32 Now when the people saw that Moses (B)delayed coming down from the mountain, the people (C)gathered together to Aaron, and said to him, (D)“Come, make us [a]gods that shall (E)go before us; for as for this Moses, the man who (F)brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.”

2 And Aaron said to them, “Break off the (G)golden earrings which are in the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to me.” 3 So all the people broke off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them to Aaron. 4 (H)And he received the gold from their hand, and he fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made a molded calf.

Then they said, “This is your god, O Israel, that (I)brought you out of the land of Egypt!”

5 So when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it. And Aaron made a (J)proclamation and said, “Tomorrow is a feast to the Lord.” 6 Then they rose early on the next day, offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people (K)sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.

7 And the Lord said to Moses, (L)“Go, get down! For your people whom you brought out of the land of Egypt (M)have corrupted themselves. 8 They have turned aside quickly out of the way which (N)I commanded them. They have made themselves a molded calf, and worshiped it and sacrificed to it, and said, (O)‘This is your god, O Israel, that brought you out of the land of Egypt!’ ” 9 And the Lord said to Moses, (P)“I have seen this people, and indeed it is a [b]stiff-necked people! 10 Now therefore, (Q)let Me alone, that (R)My wrath may burn hot against them and I may [c]consume them. And (S)I will make of you a great nation.”

11 (T)Then Moses pleaded with [d]the Lord his God, and said: “Lord, why does Your wrath burn hot against Your people whom You have brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand? 12 (U)Why should the Egyptians speak, and say, ‘He brought them out to harm them, to kill them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth’? Turn from Your fierce wrath, and (V)relent from this harm to Your people. 13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, Your servants, to whom You (W)swore by Your own self, and said to them, (X)‘I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven; and all this land that I have spoken of I give to your descendants, and they shall inherit it forever.’ ” 14 So the Lord (Y)relented from the harm which He said He would do to His people.

15 And (Z)Moses turned and went down from the mountain, and the two tablets of the Testimony were in his hand. The tablets were written on both sides; on the one side and on the other they were written. 16 Now the (AA)tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God engraved on the tablets.

17 And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said to Moses, “There is a noise of war in the camp.”

18 But he said:

“It is not the noise of the shout of victory,
Nor the noise of the cry of defeat,
But the sound of singing I hear.”

19 So it was, as soon as he came near the camp, that (AB)he saw the calf and the dancing. So Moses’ anger became hot, and he cast the tablets out of his hands and broke them at the foot of the mountain. 20 (AC)Then he took the calf which they had made, burned it in the fire, and ground it to powder; and he scattered it on the water and made the children of Israel drink it. 21 And Moses said to Aaron, (AD)“What did this people do to you that you have brought so great a sin upon them?”

22 So Aaron said, “Do not let the anger of my lord become hot. (AE)You know the people, that they are set on evil. 23 For they said to me, ‘Make us gods that shall go before us; as for this Moses, the man who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.’ 24 And I said to them, ‘Whoever has any gold, let them break it off.’ So they gave it to me, and I cast it into the fire, and this calf came out.”

25 Now when Moses saw that the people were (AF)unrestrained (for Aaron (AG)had not restrained them, to their shame among their enemies), 26 then Moses stood in the entrance of the camp, and said, “Whoever is on the Lord’s side—come to me!” And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together to him. 27 And he said to them, “Thus says the Lord God of Israel: ‘Let every man put his sword on his side, and go in and out from entrance to entrance throughout the camp, and (AH)let every man kill his brother, every man his companion, and every man his neighbor.’ ” 28 So the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses. And about three thousand men of the people fell that day. 29 (AI)Then Moses said, [e]“Consecrate yourselves today to the Lord, that He may bestow on you a blessing this day, for every man has opposed his son and his brother.”

30 Now it came to pass on the next day that Moses said to the people, (AJ)“You have committed a great sin. So now I will go up to the Lord; (AK)perhaps I can (AL)make atonement for your sin.” 31 Then Moses (AM)returned to the Lord and said, “Oh, these people have committed a great sin, and have (AN)made for themselves a god of gold! 32 Yet now, if You will forgive their sin—but if not, I pray, (AO)blot me (AP)out of Your book which You have written.”

33 And the Lord said to Moses, (AQ)“Whoever has sinned against Me, I will (AR)blot him out of My book. 34 Now therefore, go, lead the people to the place of which I have (AS)spoken to you. (AT)Behold, My Angel shall go before you. Nevertheless, (AU)in the day when I (AV)visit for punishment, I will visit punishment upon them for their sin.”

35 So the Lord plagued the people because of (AW)what they did with the calf which Aaron made.

Footnotes

  1. Exodus 32:1 Or a god
  2. Exodus 32:9 stubborn
  3. Exodus 32:10 destroy
  4. Exodus 32:11 Lit. the face of the Lord
  5. Exodus 32:29 Lit. Fill your hand
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32 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.

3 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.

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:

8 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.

11 And Moses besought the Lord his God, and said, Lord, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand?

12 Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people.

13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever.

14 And the Lord repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.

15 And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony were in his hand: the tables were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written.

16 And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.

17 And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp.

18 And he said, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome: but the noise of them that sing do I hear.

19 And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.

20 And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strawed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it.

21 And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them?

22 And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they are set on mischief.

23 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.

24 And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it off. So they gave it me: then I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf.

25 And when Moses saw that the people were naked; (for Aaron had made them naked unto their shame among their enemies:)

26 Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the Lord's side? let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him.

27 And he said unto them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour.

28 And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.

29 For Moses had said, Consecrate yourselves today to the Lord, even every man upon his son, and upon his brother; that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day.

30 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people, Ye have sinned a great sin: and now I will go up unto the Lord; peradventure I shall make an atonement for your sin.

31 And Moses returned unto the Lord, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold.

32 Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin--; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.

33 And the Lord said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book.

34 Therefore now go, lead the people unto the place of which I have spoken unto thee: behold, mine Angel shall go before thee: nevertheless in the day when I visit I will visit their sin upon them.

35 And the Lord plagued the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made.

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The Golden Calf

32 When the people saw that Moses was so long in coming down from the mountain,(A) they gathered around Aaron and said, “Come, make us gods[a] who will go before(B) us. As for this fellow Moses who brought us up out of Egypt, we don’t know what has happened to him.”(C)

2 Aaron answered them, “Take off the gold earrings(D) that your wives, your sons and your daughters are wearing, and bring them to me.” 3 So all the people took off their earrings and brought them to Aaron. 4 He took what they handed him and made it into an idol(E) cast in the shape of a calf,(F) fashioning it with a tool. Then they said, “These are your gods,[b](G) Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.”(H)

5 When Aaron saw this, he built an altar in front of the calf and announced, “Tomorrow there will be a festival(I) to the Lord.” 6 So the next day the people rose early and sacrificed burnt offerings and presented fellowship offerings.(J) Afterward they sat down to eat and drink(K) and got up to indulge in revelry.(L)

7 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go down, because your people, whom you brought up out of Egypt,(M) have become corrupt.(N) 8 They have been quick to turn away(O) from what I commanded them and have made themselves an idol(P) cast in the shape of a calf.(Q) They have bowed down to it and sacrificed(R) to it and have said, ‘These are your gods, Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.’(S)

9 “I have seen these people,” the Lord said to Moses, “and they are a stiff-necked(T) people. 10 Now leave me alone(U) so that my anger may burn against them and that I may destroy(V) them. Then I will make you into a great nation.”(W)

11 But Moses sought the favor(X) of the Lord his God. “Lord,” he said, “why should your anger burn against your people, whom you brought out of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand?(Y) 12 Why should the Egyptians say, ‘It was with evil intent that he brought them out, to kill them in the mountains and to wipe them off the face of the earth’?(Z) Turn from your fierce anger; relent and do not bring disaster(AA) on your people. 13 Remember(AB) your servants Abraham, Isaac and Israel, to whom you swore by your own self:(AC) ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars(AD) in the sky and I will give your descendants all this land(AE) I promised them, and it will be their inheritance forever.’” 14 Then the Lord relented(AF) and did not bring on his people the disaster he had threatened.

15 Moses turned and went down the mountain with the two tablets of the covenant law(AG) in his hands.(AH) They were inscribed(AI) on both sides, front and back. 16 The tablets were the work of God; the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets.(AJ)

17 When Joshua(AK) heard the noise of the people shouting, he said to Moses, “There is the sound of war in the camp.”

18 Moses replied:

“It is not the sound of victory,
    it is not the sound of defeat;
    it is the sound of singing that I hear.”

19 When Moses approached the camp and saw the calf(AL) and the dancing,(AM) his anger burned(AN) and he threw the tablets out of his hands, breaking them to pieces(AO) at the foot of the mountain. 20 And he took the calf the people had made and burned(AP) it in the fire; then he ground it to powder,(AQ) scattered it on the water(AR) and made the Israelites drink it.

21 He said to Aaron, “What did these people do to you, that you led them into such great sin?”

22 “Do not be angry,(AS) my lord,” Aaron answered. “You know how prone these people are to evil.(AT) 23 They said to me, ‘Make us gods who will go before us. As for this fellow Moses who brought us up out of Egypt, we don’t know what has happened to him.’(AU) 24 So I told them, ‘Whoever has any gold jewelry, take it off.’ Then they gave me the gold, and I threw it into the fire, and out came this calf!”(AV)

25 Moses saw that the people were running wild and that Aaron had let them get out of control and so become a laughingstock(AW) to their enemies. 26 So he stood at the entrance to the camp and said, “Whoever is for the Lord, come to me.” And all the Levites rallied to him.

27 Then he said to them, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘Each man strap a sword to his side. Go back and forth through the camp from one end to the other, each killing his brother and friend and neighbor.’”(AX) 28 The Levites did as Moses commanded, and that day about three thousand of the people died. 29 Then Moses said, “You have been set apart to the Lord today, for you were against your own sons and brothers, and he has blessed you this day.”

30 The next day Moses said to the people, “You have committed a great sin.(AY) But now I will go up to the Lord; perhaps I can make atonement(AZ) for your sin.”

31 So Moses went back to the Lord and said, “Oh, what a great sin these people have committed!(BA) They have made themselves gods of gold.(BB) 32 But now, please forgive their sin(BC)—but if not, then blot me(BD) out of the book(BE) you have written.”

33 The Lord replied to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against me I will blot out(BF) of my book. 34 Now go, lead(BG) the people to the place(BH) I spoke of, and my angel(BI) will go before you. However, when the time comes for me to punish,(BJ) I will punish them for their sin.”

35 And the Lord struck the people with a plague because of what they did with the calf(BK) Aaron had made.

Footnotes

  1. Exodus 32:1 Or a god; also in verses 23 and 31
  2. Exodus 32:4 Or This is your god; also in verse 8
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