New American Standard Bible 2020

Exodus 32:21-25

21Then Mosesמֹשֶׁה֙mo.ShehH4872saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to Aaronאַהֲרֹ֔ן'a.ha.RonH175, “Whatמֶֽה־meh-H4100did thisהַזֶּ֑הha.ZehH2088peopleהָעָ֣םha.'AmH5971doעָשָׂ֥ה'a.SahH6213to you, that you have broughtהֵבֵ֥אתָhe.Ve.taH935sucha greatגְדֹלָֽה׃ge.do.LahH1419sinחֲטָאָ֥הcha.ta.'AhH2401upon them?”

22And Aaronאַהֲרֹ֔ן'a.ha.RonH175saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, “Do not let the angerאַ֖ף'afH639of my lordאֲדֹנִ֑י'a.do.NiH113burnיִ֥חַרYi.charH2734;you knowיָדַ֣עְתָּya.Da'.taH3045the peopleהָעָ֔םha.'AmH5971yourselfאַתָּה֙'a.TahH859, that they areprone to evilבְרָ֖עve.Ra'H7451.

23Forthey saidוַיֹּ֣אמְרוּvai.Yo.me.ruH559to me, ‘Makeעֲשֵׂה־'a.seh-H6213a godאֱלֹהִ֔ים'E.lo.HimH430for us whoאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834will goיֵלְכ֖וּye.le.KhuH1980beforeלְפָנֵ֑ינוּle.fa.Nei.nuH6440us; for thisזֶ֣ה׀zehH2088Mosesמֹשֶׁ֣הmo.ShehH4872,the manהָאִ֗ישׁha.'IshH376whoאֲשֶׁ֤ר'a.SherH834broughtH5927us upH5927from the landמֵאֶ֣רֶץme.'E.retzH776of Egyptמִצְרַ֔יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714--we do not knowיָדַ֖עְנוּya.Da'.nuH3045whatמֶה־meh-H4100happenedהָ֥יָהHa.yahH1961to him.’

24So I saidוָאֹמַ֤רva.'o.MarH559to them, ‘Whoeverלְמִ֣יle.MiH4310has any goldזָהָ֔בza.HavH2091,let them tearהִתְפָּרָ֖קוּhit.pa.Ra.kuH6561it offH6561.’Then they gaveוַיִּתְּנוּ־vai.yi.te.nu-H5414it to me, andI threwוָאַשְׁלִכֵ֣הוּva.'ash.li.Khe.huH7993it into the fireבָאֵ֔שׁva.'EshH784,and outH3318cameH3318thisהַזֶּֽה׃ha.ZehH2088calfהָעֵ֥גֶלha.'E.gelH5695.”

25Now when Mosesמֹשֶׁה֙mo.ShehH4872sawוַיַּ֤רְאvai.Yar'H7200that the peopleהָעָ֔םha.'AmH5971wereH6544outH6544ofH6544controlH6544--for Aaronאַהֲרֹ֔ן'a.ha.RonH175had let themgetH6544outH6544ofH6544controlH6544to the point of beingan objectH8103ofH8103ridiculeH8103amongtheir enemiesבְּקָמֵיהֶֽם׃be.ka.mei.HemH6965--

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