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Exodus 32:23
“For they said to me, 'Make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we don't know what has become of him.”
Verse in context — Exodus 32
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Moses said to Aaron, "What did these people do to you, that you have brought a great sin on them?
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Aaron said, "Don't let the anger of my lord grow hot. You know the people, that they are set on evil.
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For they said to me, 'Make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we don't know what has become of him.
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I said to them, 'Whoever has any gold, let them take it off:' so they gave it to me; and I threw it into the fire, and out came this calf.
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When Moses saw that the people had broken loose, (for Aaron had let them loose for a derision among their enemies),
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God delivers Israel from Egypt, gives the Ten Commandments, and establishes His covenant with His people.
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