Exodus 32:31

And Moses returned to the Lord and said, I pray, O Lord, this people has sinned a great sin, and they have made for themselves golden gods.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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 it came to pass after the morrow had begun, that Moses said to the people, Ye have sinned a great sin; and now I will go up to God, that I may make atonement for your sin.

32And now if thou wilt forgive their sin, forgive it; and if not, blot me out of thy book, which thou hast written.

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Cross References

Exodus 20:23Ye shall not make to yourselves gods of silver, and gods of gold ye shall not make to yourselves.

Exodus 34:28And Moses was there before the Lord forty days, and forty nights; he did not eat bread, and he did not drink water; and he wrote upon the tables these words of the covenant, the ten sayings.

Ezra 9:6and I said, O Lord, I am ashamed and confounded, O my God, to lift up my face to thee: for our transgressions have abounded over our head, and our trespasses have increased even to heaven.

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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