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Exodus 32:20-23

20And he tookוַיִּקַּ֞חvai.yi.KachH3947the calfהָעֵ֨גֶלha.'E.gelH5695which they had madeעָשׂוּ֙'a.SuH6213,and burntוַיִּשְׂרֹ֣ףvai.yis.RofH8313itin the fireבָּאֵ֔שׁba.'EshH784,and groundוַיִּטְחַ֖ןvai.yit.ChanH2912itto powderדָּ֑קDakH1854,and strawedוַיִּ֙זֶר֙vai.Yi.zerH2219ituponפְּנֵ֣יpe.NeiH6440the waterהַמַּ֔יִםha.Ma.yimH4325,and made the childrenבְּנֵ֥יbe.NeiH1121of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478drinkוַיַּ֖שְׁקְvai.YashkH8248of it.

21And Mosesמֹשֶׁה֙mo.ShehH4872saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto Aaronאַהֲרֹ֔ן'a.ha.RonH175,What didעָשָׂ֥ה'a.SahH6213this peopleהָעָ֣םha.'AmH5971unto thee, that thou hast broughtהֵבֵ֥אתָhe.Ve.taH935so greatגְדֹלָֽה׃ge.do.LahH1419a sinחֲטָאָ֥הcha.ta.'AhH2401upon them?

22And Aaronאַהֲרֹ֔ן'a.ha.RonH175saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,Let not the angerאַ֖ף'afH639of my lordאֲדֹנִ֑י'a.do.NiH113wax hotיִ֥חַרYi.charH2734:thou knowestיָדַ֣עְתָּya.Da'.taH3045the peopleהָעָ֔םha.'AmH5971, that they are seton mischiefבְרָ֖עve.Ra'H7451.

23For they saidוַיֹּ֣אמְרוּvai.Yo.me.ruH559unto me, Makeעֲשֵׂה־'a.seh-H6213us godsאֱלֹהִ֔ים'E.lo.HimH430,which shall goH3212beforeלְפָנֵ֑ינוּle.fa.Nei.nuH6440us: for as forthis Mosesמֹשֶׁ֣הmo.ShehH4872,the manהָאִ֗ישׁha.'IshH376that brought us upהֶֽעֱלָ֙נוּ֙he.'e.La.nuH5927out of the landמֵאֶ֣רֶץme.'E.retzH776of Egyptמִצְרַ֔יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714,we wotיָדַ֖עְנוּya.Da'.nuH3045not what is become of him.

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