Exodus 32:23
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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.They told me, ‘Make us gods who will go before us. As for this Moses who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him!’
In other translations
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.They told me, ‘Make us gods who will go before us. As for this Moses who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him!’
Hebrew words
וַיֹּאמְרוּvaiyomeruand they saidH559לִיlito <the> meעֲשֵׂה־'aseh-makeH6213לָנוּlanufor <the> usאֱלֹהִים'elohimgodsH430אֲשֶׁר'asherwhichH834יֵלְכוּyelekhuthey will goH1980לְפָנֵינוּlefaneinu<to> before usH6440כִּי־ki-forH3588זֶה׀zehthisH2088מֹשֶׁהmoshehMosesH4872הָאִישׁha'ishthe manH376אֲשֶׁר'asherwhoH834הֶעֱלָנוּhe'elanuhe brought up usH5927מֵאֶרֶץme'eretzfrom [the] land ofH776מִצְרַיִםmitzrayimEgyptH4714לֹאlo'notH3808יָדַעְנוּyada'nuwe knowH3045מֶה־meh-what?H4100הָיָהhayahhas it happenedH1961לוֹ׃loto <the> him
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Related verses
- Exodus 32:1-41 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.1 Now when the people saw that Moses was delayed in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said, “Come, make us gods who will go before us. As for this Moses who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him!” 2 So Aaron told them, “Take off the gold earrings that are on your wives and sons and daughters, and bring them to me.” 3 Then all the people took off their gold earrings and brought them to Aaron. 4 He took the gold from their hands, and with an engraving tool he fashioned it into a molten calf. And they said, “These, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!”
- Exodus 32:8They 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.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.’”
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Topics
People and places
People: Moses
Places: Egypt