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Exodus 32 Literal Standard Version
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1 And the people see that Moses is delaying to come down from the mountain, and the people assemble against Aaron, and say to him, “Rise, make gods for us, who go before us, for this Moses—the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt—we have not known what has happened to him.”
1 MAS viendo el pueblo que Moisés tardaba en descender del monte, allegóse entonces á Aarón, y dijéronle: Levántate, haznos dioses que vayan delante de nosotros; porque á este Moisés, aquel varón que nos sacó de la tierra de Egipto, no sabemos qué le haya acontecido.
2 And Aaron says to them, “Break off the rings of gold which [are] in the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring [them] to me”;
2 Y Aarón les dijo: Apartad los zarcillos de oro que están en las orejas de vuestras mujeres, y de vuestros hijos, y de vuestras hijas, y traédmelos.
3 and all the people break off the rings of gold which [are] in their ears, and bring [them] to Aaron,
3 Entonces todo el pueblo apartó los zarcillos de oro que tenían en sus orejas, y trajéronlos á Aarón:
4 and he receives [it] from their hand, and fashions it with an engraving tool, and makes it [into] a molten calf, and they say, “These [are] your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!”
4 El cual los tomó de las manos de ellos, y formólo con buril, é hizo de ello un becerro de fundición. Entonces dijeron: Israel, estos son tus dioses, que te sacaron de la tierra de Egipto.
5 And Aaron sees, and builds an altar before it, and Aaron calls, and says, “A festival to YHWH—tomorrow”;
5 Y viendo [esto] Aarón, edificó un altar delante del becerro; y pregonó Aarón, y dijo: Mañana será fiesta á Jehová.
6 and they rise early on the next day, and cause burnt-offerings to ascend, and bring peace-offerings near; and the people sit down to eat and to drink, and rise up to play.
6 Y el día siguiente madrugaron, y ofrecieron holocaustos, y presentaron pacíficos: y sentóse el pueblo á comer y á beber, y levantáronse á regocijarse.
7 And YHWH says to Moses, “Go, descend, for your people whom you have brought up out of the land of Egypt have done corruptly,
7 Entonces Jehová dijo á Moisés: Anda, desciende, porque tu pueblo que sacaste de tierra de Egipto se ha corrompido:
8 they have quickly turned aside from the way that I have commanded them; they have made a molten calf for themselves, and bow themselves to it, and sacrifice to it, and say, These [are] your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!”
8 Presto se han apartado del camino que yo les mandé, y se han hecho un becerro de fundición, y lo han adorado, y han sacrificado á él, y han dicho: Israel, estos son tus dioses, que te sacaron de la tierra de Egipto.
9 And YHWH says to Moses, “I have seen this people, and behold, it [is] a stiff-necked people;
9 Dijo más Jehová á Moisés: Yo he visto á este pueblo, que por cierto es pueblo de dura cerviz:
10 and now, leave Me alone, and My anger burns against them, and I consume them, and I make you become a great nation.”
10 Ahora pues, déjame que se encienda mi furor en ellos, y los consuma: y á ti yo te pondré sobre gran gente.
11 And Moses appeases the face of his God YHWH and says, “Why, O YHWH, does Your anger burn against Your people, whom You have brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a strong hand?
11 Entonces Moisés oró á la faz de Jehová su Dios, y dijo: Oh Jehová, ¿por qué se encenderá tu furor en tu pueblo, que tú sacaste de la tierra de Egipto con gran fortaleza, y con mano fuerte?
12 Why do the Egyptians speak, saying, He brought them out in calamity to slay them among mountains, and to consume them from off the face of the ground? Turn back from the heat of Your anger, and relent from this calamity against Your people.
12 ¿Por qué han de hablar los Egipcios, diciendo: Para mal los sacó, para matarlos en los montes, y para raerlos de sobre la haz de la tierra? Vuélvete del furor de tu ira, y arrepiéntete del mal de tu pueblo.
13 Be mindful of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, Your servants, to whom You have sworn by Yourself, and to whom You speak: I multiply your seed as stars of the heavens, and all this land, as I have said, I give to your seed, and they have inherited [it] for all time”;
13 Acuérdate de Abraham, de Isaac, y de Israel, tus siervos, á los cuales has jurado por ti mismo, y dícholes: Yo multiplicaré vuestra simiente como las estrellas del cielo; y daré á vuestra simiente toda esta tierra que he dicho, y la tomarán por heredad para siempre.
14 and YHWH relents from the evil which He has spoken of doing to His people.
14 Entonces Jehová se arrepintió del mal que dijo que había de hacer á su pueblo.
15 And Moses turns, and goes down from the mountain, and the two tablets of the Testimony [are] in his hand, tablets written on both their sides; they [are] written on this [side] and on that [side];
15 Y volvióse Moisés, y descendió del monte trayendo en su mano las dos tablas del testimonio, las tablas escritas por ambos lados; de una parte y de otra estaban escritas.
16 and the tablets are the work of God, and the writing is the writing of God, engraved on the tablets.
16 Y las tablas eran obra de Dios, y la escritura era escritura de Dios grabada sobre las tablas.
17 And Joshua hears the voice of the people in their shouting and says to Moses, “A noise of battle in the camp!”
17 Y oyendo Josué el clamor del pueblo que gritaba, dijo á Moisés: Alarido de pelea hay en el campo.
18 And he says, “It is not the voice of the crying of might, nor is it the voice of the crying of weakness—I am hearing a voice of singing.”
18 Y él respondió: No es eco de algazara de fuertes, ni eco de alaridos de flacos: algazara de cantar oigo yo.
19 And it comes to pass, when he has drawn near to the camp, that he sees the calf, and the dancing, and the anger of Moses burns, and he casts the tablets out of his hands, and breaks them below the mountain;
19 Y aconteció, que como llegó él al campo, y vió el becerro y las danzas, enardeciósele la ira á Moisés, y arrojó las tablas de sus manos, y quebrólas al pie del monte.
20 and he takes the calf which they have made, and burns [it] with fire, and grinds [it] until [it is] small, and scatters [it] on the face of the waters, and causes the sons of Israel to drink.
20 Y tomó el becerro que habían hecho, y quemólo en el fuego, y moliólo hasta reducirlo á polvo, que esparció sobre las aguas, y diólo á beber á los hijos de Israel.
21 And Moses says to Aaron, “What has this people done to you, that you have brought in a great sin on it?”
21 Y dijo Moisés á Aarón: ¿Qué te ha hecho este pueblo, que has traído sobre él tan gran pecado?
22 And Aaron says, “Do not let the anger of my lord burn; you have known the people, that it [is beset] with evil;
22 Y respondió Aarón: No se enoje mi señor; tú conoces el pueblo, que es inclinado á mal.
23 and they say to me, Make gods for us, who go before us, for this Moses—the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt—we have not known what has happened to him;
23 Porque me dijeron: Haznos dioses que vayan delante de nosotros, que á este Moisés, el varón que nos sacó de tierra de Egipto, no sabemos qué le ha acontecido.
24 and I say to them, Whoever has gold, let them break [it] off, and they give [it] to me, and I cast it into the fire, and this calf comes out.”
24 Y yo les respondí: ¿Quién tiene oro? apartadlo. Y diéronmelo, y echélo en el fuego, y salió este becerro.
25 And Moses sees the people, that it [is] unbridled, for Aaron has made it unbridled for contempt among its withstanders,
25 Y viendo Moisés que el pueblo estaba despojado, porque Aarón lo había despojado para vergüenza entre sus enemigos,
26 and Moses stands in the gate of the camp and says, “Who [is] for YHWH? [Come] to me!” And all the sons of Levi are gathered to him;
26 Púsose Moisés á la puerta del real, y dijo: ¿Quién es de Jehová? [júntese] conmigo. Y juntáronse con él todos los hijos de Leví.
27 and he says to them, “Thus said YHWH, God of Israel: Each put his sword by his thigh, pass over and turn back from gate to gate through the camp, and each slay his brother, and each his friend, and each his relation.”
27 Y él les dijo: Así ha dicho Jehová, el Dios de Israel: Poned cada uno su espada sobre su muslo: pasad y volved de puerta á puerta por el campo, y matad cada uno á su hermano, y á su amigo, y á su pariente.
28 And the sons of Levi do according to the word of Moses, and there falls of the people on that day about three thousand men,
28 Y los hijos de Leví lo hicieron conforme al dicho de Moisés: y cayeron del pueblo en aquel día como tres mil hombres.
29 and Moses says, “Consecrate your hand to YHWH today, for a man [is] against his son, and against his brother, so as to bring a blessing on you today.”
29 Entonces Moisés dijo: Hoy os habéis consagrado á Jehová, porque cada uno se ha consagrado en su hijo, y en su hermano, para que dé él hoy bendición sobre vosotros.
30 And it comes to pass, on the next day, that Moses says to the people, “You have sinned a great sin, and now I go up to YHWH, perhaps I can atone for your sin.”
30 Y aconteció que el día siguiente dijo Moisés al pueblo: Vosotros habéis cometido un gran pecado: mas yo subiré ahora á Jehová; quizá le aplacaré acerca de vuestro pecado.
31 And Moses turns back to YHWH and says, “Ah, now this people has sinned a great sin, that they make a god of gold for themselves;
31 Entonces volvió Moisés á Jehová, y dijo: Ruégote, pues este pueblo ha cometido un gran pecado, porque se hicieron dioses de oro,
32 and now, if You take away their sin—and if not—please blot me out of Your scroll which You have written.”
32 Que perdones ahora su pecado, y si no, ráeme ahora de tu libro que has escrito.
33 And YHWH says to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against Me—I blot him out of My scroll;
33 Y Jehová respondió á Moisés: Al que pecare contra mí, á éste raeré yo de mi libro.
34 and now, go, lead the people wherever I have spoken to you of; behold, My Messenger goes before you, and in the day of my charging—then I have charged their sin on them.”
34 Ve pues ahora, lleva á este pueblo donde te he dicho: he aquí mi ángel irá delante de ti; que en el día de mi visitación yo visitaré en ellos su pecado.
35 And YHWH plagues the people because they made the calf which Aaron made.
35 Y Jehová hirió al pueblo, porque habían hecho el becerro que formó Aarón.
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Aaron
Moses' brother and spokesman, Israel's first high priest.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 4–40; Leviticus 8–10
Moses
Drawn from the Nile, he led Israel out of Egypt and received God's Law.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 2–Deuteronomy 34
Cross references (35)
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- 1 Acts 7:40; Deuteronomy 9:9; Matthew 24:48; Exodus 24:18; 2 Peter 3:4
- 2 Judges 8:24–27; Exodus 12:35–36; Ezekiel 16:11–12; Ezekiel 16:17; Hosea 2:8
- 3 Isaiah 40:19–20; Jeremiah 10:9; Isaiah 46:6; Judges 17:3–4
- 4 Nehemiah 9:18; Deuteronomy 9:16; 1 Kings 12:28; Acts 7:41; Exodus 32:8
- 5 2 Kings 10:20; Leviticus 23:37; Leviticus 23:2; 2 Chronicles 30:5; Hosea 8:11
- 6 1 Corinthians 10:7; Numbers 25:2; Acts 7:41–42; Exodus 32:17–19; Amos 8:10
- 7 Exodus 32:11; Hosea 9:9; Exodus 19:24; Genesis 6:11–12; Deuteronomy 9:12
- 8 1 Kings 12:28; Exodus 20:3–4; Exodus 20:23; Deuteronomy 9:16; Exodus 22:20
- 9 Acts 7:51; Isaiah 48:4; Deuteronomy 9:13; Exodus 33:3; Exodus 33:5
- 10 Deuteronomy 9:14; Numbers 14:12; Deuteronomy 9:19; Numbers 16:45–48; Exodus 22:24
- 11 Deuteronomy 9:18–20; Deuteronomy 9:26–29; Psalm 106:23; Numbers 16:22; Numbers 11:11
- 12 Numbers 14:13–16; Deuteronomy 9:28; Exodus 32:14; Joshua 7:9; Genesis 6:6
- 13 Hebrews 6:13; Genesis 22:16; Genesis 12:7; Genesis 15:18; Genesis 15:5
- 14 Jonah 3:10; Jeremiah 26:13; Psalm 106:45; 1 Chronicles 21:15; Jeremiah 18:8
- 15 Deuteronomy 9:15; Deuteronomy 5:22; Exodus 40:20; Exodus 24:18; Psalm 19:7
- 16 Exodus 31:18; Hebrews 8:10; 2 Corinthians 3:3; Deuteronomy 10:1; Deuteronomy 9:9–11
- 17 Exodus 24:13; Exodus 17:9; 1 Samuel 4:5–6; Joshua 6:16; 1 Samuel 17:20
- 18 Daniel 5:4; Exodus 15:1–18; Daniel 5:23
- 19 Deuteronomy 9:16–17; 2 Samuel 6:14; Deuteronomy 27:26; Ephesians 4:26; Exodus 32:4–6
- 20 Deuteronomy 9:21; 2 Kings 23:6; Deuteronomy 7:25; Proverbs 14:14; Deuteronomy 7:5
- 21 Genesis 20:9; Joshua 7:19–26; 1 Kings 14:16; 2 Kings 21:9–11; Deuteronomy 13:6–8
- 22 Deuteronomy 9:24; Exodus 14:11; Exodus 15:24; 1 Samuel 15:24; Psalm 36:4
- 23 Exodus 32:1–4; Exodus 32:8
- 24 Exodus 32:4; Genesis 3:12–13; Luke 10:29; Romans 3:10
- 25 Isaiah 47:3; Micah 1:11; Revelation 16:15; Hosea 2:3; Ezekiel 16:63
- 26 2 Kings 9:32; Matthew 12:30; Joshua 5:13; 2 Samuel 20:11
- 27 Numbers 25:5; Luke 14:26; Deuteronomy 33:8–9; Numbers 25:7–12; Exodus 32:29
- 28 Deuteronomy 33:9; Numbers 16:41; Numbers 16:32–35; Malachi 2:4–6; 1 Corinthians 10:8
- 29 Numbers 25:11–13; Matthew 10:37; Zechariah 13:3; Deuteronomy 13:6–11; Proverbs 21:3
- 30 1 Samuel 12:20; Numbers 25:13; 1 Samuel 12:23; Exodus 32:31–32; Amos 5:15
- 31 Exodus 20:23; Daniel 9:11; Exodus 32:30; Daniel 9:8; Deuteronomy 9:18–19
- 32 Psalm 69:28; Romans 9:3; Revelation 21:27; Philippians 4:3; Daniel 12:1
- 33 Ezekiel 18:4; Deuteronomy 29:20; Revelation 20:12; Psalm 69:28; Leviticus 23:30
- 34 Exodus 23:20; Deuteronomy 32:35; Exodus 33:14–15; Exodus 3:17; Matthew 23:35
- 35 2 Samuel 12:9–10; Acts 7:41; Exodus 32:4; Matthew 27:3–7; Exodus 32:25
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