Exodus 32:31

And returning to the Lord, he said: I beseech thee: this people hath sinned a heinous sin, and they have made to themselves gods of gold: either forgive them this trespass,

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold.

In Context

30And when the next day was come, Moses spoke to the people: You have sinned a very great sin: I will go up to the Lord, if by any means I may be able to entreat him for your crime.

32Or if thou do not, strike me out of the book that thou hast written.

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Cross References

Exodus 20:23You shall not make gods of silver, nor shall you make to yourselves gods of gold.

Exodus 34:28And he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights: he neither ate bread nor drank water, and he wrote upon the tables the ten words of the covenant.

Ezra 9:6And said: My God I am confounded and ashamed to lift up my face to thee: for our iniquities are multiplied over our heads, and our sins are grown up even unto heaven,

Nehemiah 9:33And thou art just in all things that have come upon us: because thou hast done truth, but we have done wickedly.

Daniel 9:8O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our princes, and to our fathers that have sinned.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 32:31-35

The Intercession of Moses. ( b. c. 1491.) 30 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people, Ye have sinned a great sin: and now I will go up unto the Lord ; peradventure I shall make an atonement for your sin. 31 And Moses returned unto the Lord , and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold. 32 Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin—; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written. 33 And the Lord said unto Moses, Whosoever… Read the whole commentary →

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