Exodus 32:25
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Exo 32:25
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Now when Moses saw that the people were out of control--for Aaron had let them get out of control to be a derision among their enemies--
Exo 32:26
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then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, "Whoever is for the LORD, {come} to me!" And all the sons of Levi gathered together to him.
Exo 32:27
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He said to them, "Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, `Every man {of you} put his sword upon his thigh, and go back and forth from gate to gate in the camp, and kill every man his brother, and every man his friend, and every man his neighbor."'
Exo 32:28
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So the sons of Levi did as Moses instructed, and about three thousand men of the people fell that day.
Exo 32:29
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Then Moses said, "Dedicate yourselves today to the LORD--for every man has been against his son and against his brother--in order that He may bestow a blessing upon you today."
Exo 32:30
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On the next day Moses said to the people, "You yourselves have committed a great sin; and now I am going up to the LORD, perhaps I can make atonement for your sin."
Exo 32:31
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Then Moses returned to the LORD, and said, "Alas, this people has committed a great sin, and they have made a god of gold for themselves.
Exo 32:32
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~"But now, if You will, forgive their sin--and if not, please blot me out from Your book which You have written!"
Exo 32:33
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The LORD said to Moses, "Whoever has sinned against Me, I will blot him out of My book.
Exo 32:34
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~"But go now, lead the people where I told you. Behold, My angel shall go before you; nevertheless in the day when I punish, I will punish them for their sin."
Exo 32:35
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Then the LORD smote the people, because of what they did with the calf which Aaron had made.
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