Exodus 32
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Exodus 32:7-11

7The Lord said to Moses, “Go back down there. Your people whom you brought out of Egypt have ruined ⌞everything⌟.

8They’ve already turned from the way I commanded them to live. They’ve made a statue of a calf for themselves. They’ve bowed down to it and offered sacrifices to it. They’ve said, ‘Israel, here are your gods who brought you out of Egypt.’ ”

9The Lord added, “I’ve seen these people, and they are impossible to deal with.

10Now leave me alone. I’m so angry with them I am going to destroy them. Then I’ll make you into a great nation.”

11But Moses pleaded with the Lord his God. “Lord,” he said, “why are you so angry with your people whom you brought out of Egypt using your great power and mighty hand?

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