And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for [as for] this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him. (32:1)

And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which [are] in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring [them] unto me. (32:2)

And all the people brake off the golden earrings which [were] in their ears, and brought [them] unto Aaron. (32:3)

And he received [them] at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These [be] thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. (32:4)

And when Aaron saw [it], he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To morrow [is] a feast to the Lord. (32:5)

And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play. (32:6)

And the Lord said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted [themselves]: (32:7)

They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These [be] thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. (32:8)

And the Lord said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it [is] a stiffnecked people: (32:9)

Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation. (32:10)

And Moses besought the Lord his God, and said, Lord, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand? (32:11)

Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people. (32:12)

Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit [it] for ever. (32:13)

And the Lord repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people. (32:14)

And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony [were] in his hand: the tables [were] written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other [were] they written. (32:15)

And the tables [were] the work of God, and the writing [was] the writing of God, graven upon the tables. (32:16)

And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, [There is] a noise of war in the camp. (32:17)

And he said, [It is] not the voice of [them that] shout for mastery, neither [is it] the voice of [them that] cry for being overcome: [but] the noise of [them that] sing do I hear. (32:18)

And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount. (32:19)

And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt [it] in the fire, and ground [it] to powder, and strowed [it] upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink [of it]. (32:20)

And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them? (32:21)

And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they [are set] on mischief. (32:22)

For they said unto me, Make us gods, which shall go before us: for [as for] this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him. (32:23)

And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break [it] off. So they gave [it] me: then I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf. (32:24)

And when Moses saw that the people [were] naked; (for Aaron had made them naked unto [their] shame among their enemies:) (32:25)

Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who [is] on the LORD'S side? [let him come] unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him. (32:26)

And he said unto them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, [and] go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour. (32:27)

And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men. (32:28)

For Moses had said, Consecrate yourselves to day to the Lord, even every man upon his son, and upon his brother; that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day. (32:29)

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. (32:30)

And Moses returned unto the Lord, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold. (32:31)

Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin--; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written. (32:32)

And the Lord said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book. (32:33)

Therefore now go, lead the people unto [the place] of which I have spoken unto thee: behold, mine Angel shall go before thee: nevertheless in the day when I visit I will visit their sin upon them. (32:34)

And the Lord plagued the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made. (32:35)

--Numbers--

And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night. (14:1)

And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had died in this wilderness! (14:2)

And wherefore hath the Lord brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt? (14:3)

And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt. (14:4)

Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel. (14:5)

And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, [which were] of them that searched the land, rent their clothes: (14:6)

And they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, [is] an exceeding good land. (14:7)

If the Lord delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey. (14:8)

Only rebel not ye against the Lord, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they [are] bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the Lord [is] with us: fear them not. (14:9)

But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And the glory of the Lord appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation before all the children of Israel. (14:10)

And the Lord said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have showed among them? (14:11)

I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they. (14:12)

And Moses said unto the Lord, Then the Egyptians shall hear [it], (for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;) (14:13)

And they will tell [it] to the inhabitants of this land: [for] they have heard that thou Lord [art] among this people, that thou Lord art seen face to face, and [that] thy cloud standeth over them, and [that] thou goest before them, by day time in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night. (14:14)

Now [if] thou shalt kill [all] this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying, (14:15)

Because the Lord was not able to bring this people into the land which he sware unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness. (14:16)

And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying, (14:17)

The Lord [is] longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing [the guilty], visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth [generation]. (14:18)

Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now. (14:19)

And the Lord said, I have pardoned according to thy word: (14:20)

But [as] truly [as] I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord. (14:21)

Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice; (14:22)

Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it: (14:23)

But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it. (14:24)

(Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) To morrow turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea. (14:25)

And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, (14:26)

How long [shall I bear with] this evil congregation, which murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me. (14:27)

Say unto them, [As truly as] I live, saith the Lord, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you: (14:28)

Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, which have murmured against me, (14:29)

Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, [concerning] which I sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun. (14:30)

But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised. (14:31)

But [as for] you, your carcases, they shall fall in this wilderness. (14:32)

And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness. (14:33)

After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, [even] forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, [even] forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise. (14:34)

I the Lord have said, I will surely do it unto all this evil congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die. (14:35)

And the men, which Moses sent to search the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up a slander upon the land, (14:36)

Even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by the plague before the Lord. (14:37)

But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, [which were] of the men that went to search the land, lived [still]. (14:38)

And Moses told these sayings unto all the children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly. (14:39)

And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up into the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we [be here], and will go up unto the place which the Lord hath promised: for we have sinned. (14:40)

And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of the Lord? but it shall not prosper. (14:41)

Go not up, for the Lord [is] not among you; that ye be not smitten before your enemies. (14:42)

For the Amalekites and the Canaanites [are] there before you, and ye shall fall by the sword: because ye are turned away from the Lord, therefore the Lord will not be with you. (14:43)

But they presumed to go up unto the hill top: nevertheless the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and Moses, departed not out of the camp. (14:44)

Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, [even] unto Hormah. (14:45)