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Exodus 32:21-28

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:)

26Then Mosesמֹשֶׁה֙mo.ShehH4872stoodוַיַּעֲמֹ֤דvai.ya.'a.ModH5975in the gateבְּשַׁ֣עַרbe.Sha.'arH8179of the campהַֽמַּחֲנֶ֔הha.ma.cha.NehH4264,and saidוַיֹּ֕אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, Who ison Yhwh'sלַיהוָ֖הla.Yah.wehH3068side? let him comeunto me. And all the sonsבְּנֵ֥יbe.NeiH1121of Leviלֵוִֽי׃le.ViH3878gatheredוַיֵּאָסְפ֥וּvai.ye.'a.se.FuH622themselves together unto him.

27And he saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto them, Thus saithאָמַ֤ר'a.MarH559Yhwhיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068Godאֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.HeiH430of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478,Putשִׂ֥ימוּSi.muH7760every manאִישׁ־'ish-H376his swordחַרְבּ֖וֹchar.BoH2719by his sideיְרֵכ֑וֹye.re.KhoH3409, andgoעִבְר֨וּ'iv.RuH5674in and outוָשׁ֜וּבוּva.Shu.vuH7725from gateמִשַּׁ֤עַרmi.Sha.'arH8179to gateלָשַׁ֙עַר֙la.Sha.'arH8179throughout the campבַּֽמַּחֲנֶ֔הba.ma.cha.NehH4264,and slayוְהִרְג֧וּve.hir.GuH2026every manאִֽישׁ־'ish-H376his brotherאָחִ֛יו'a.ChivH251,and every manוְאִ֥ישׁve.'IshH376his companionרֵעֵ֖הוּre.'E.huH7453,and every manוְאִ֥ישׁve.'IshH376his neighbourקְרֹבֽוֹ׃ke.ro.VoH7138.

28And the childrenבְנֵֽי־ve.nei-H1121of Leviלֵוִ֖יle.ViH3878didוַיַּֽעֲשׂ֥וּvai.ya.'a.SuH6213according to the wordכִּדְבַ֣רkid.VarH1697of Mosesמֹשֶׁ֑הmo.ShehH4872:and there fellוַיִּפֹּ֤לvai.yi.PolH5307of the peopleהָעָם֙ha.'AmH5971that dayבַּיּ֣וֹםbai.YomH3117about threeכִּשְׁלֹ֥שֶׁתkish.Lo.shetH7969thousandאַלְפֵ֖י'al.FeiH505menאִֽישׁ׃'IshH376.

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