King James Version (KJV)
Exodus 32:22
“And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they [are set] on mischief.”
Verse in context — Exodus 32
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].
And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them?
And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they [are set] on mischief.
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.
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.
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God delivers Israel from Egypt, gives the Ten Commandments, and establishes His covenant with His people.
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