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Exodus 32:21-25

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.

24And I saidוָאֹמַ֤רva.'o.MarH559unto them, Whosoever hath any goldזָהָ֔בza.HavH2091,let them breakהִתְפָּרָ֖קוּhit.pa.Ra.kuH6561itoff. So they gaveוַיִּתְּנוּ־vai.yi.te.nu-H5414itme: then I castוָאַשְׁלִכֵ֣הוּva.'ash.li.Khe.huH7993it into the fireבָאֵ֔שׁva.'EshH784,and there came outוַיֵּצֵ֖אvai.ye.Tze'H3318this calfהָעֵ֥גֶלha.'E.gelH5695.

25And when Mosesמֹשֶׁה֙mo.ShehH4872sawוַיַּ֤רְאvai.Yar'H7200that the peopleהָעָ֔םha.'AmH5971werenakedפָרֻ֖עַfa.Ru.a'H6544; (for Aaronאַהֲרֹ֔ן'a.ha.RonH175had made them nakedפְרָעֹ֣הfe.ra.'OhH6544unto theirshameלְשִׁמְצָ֖הle.shim.TzahH8103among their enemiesבְּקָמֵיהֶֽם׃be.ka.mei.HemH6965:)

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