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And he took the calf which they had made and burned it with fire and ground it until it was fine, then he scattered it on the face of the water. And he made the sons of Israel to drink it .

And they said to me, Make for us gods who may go before us; as for Moses, the man who caused us to go up from the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.

And I said to them, Whoever has gold, let them break off. And they gave to me, and I cast it into the fire, and this calf came out.

And Moses went back to Jehovah and said, Oh, this people has sinned a great sin, and they have made for themselves gods of gold.

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

And the people heard this evil word, and they mourned, and did not put any ornaments on themselves.

And it happened as Moses went to the tabernacle, the people all rose and stood, each one at the door of his tent. And they looked after Moses until he had gone into the tabernacle.

And they said to Him, If Your presence does not go, do not cause us to go up from here.

that you not cut a covenant with the people of the land, and they fornicate with their gods, and they call to you, and you eat from his sacrifice;

and you take from their daughters for your sons, and their daughters fornicate with their gods, and they lead your sons to fornicate with their gods.

and a firstling of an ass, you shall redeem with a lamb. And if you do not redeem, you shall break its neck. You shall redeem every first-born of your sons, and they shall not be seen before My face empty.

And Aaron and all the sons of Israel saw Moses. And, behold! The skin of his face had become luminous. And they were afraid to draw near to him.

And they came, every one whose heart was lifted up, and everyone whose spirit made him willing. They brought the offering of Jehovah for the work of the tabernacle of the congregation, and for all its service, and for the holy garments.

And the men came in together with the women, everyone willing of heart. They brought in bracelets, and nose rings, and rings, and ornaments, every gold article, and every one who waved a wave offering of gold to Jehovah.

And everyone with whom blue was found, and purple, and crimson, and bleached linen , and goats' hair , and rams' skins dyed red, and dugong skins, they brought.

Everyone rising up with an offering of silver and bronze, they brought the offering of Jehovah; and everyone with whom was found acacia wood for any work of the service, they brought.

And every wise-hearted woman spun with her hands; and they brought spun yarn, blue, and purple, and crimson and bleached linen .

And they took every offering before Moses which the sons of Israel had brought for the work of the service in the holy place, to do it. And they brought to him still more willing offerings morning by morning.

And all the wise men came, those doing every kind of work for the sanctuary, each one from his work they were doing.

And they spoke to Moses, saying, The people are bringing more than enough for the service of the work that Jehovah commanded, to do it.