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Exodus 32:19-21
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19 As he drew near the camp, he saw the calf and the dancing. Then Moses’ anger burned, and he threw the tablets down and broke them on the base of the mountain.(A) 20 Taking the calf they had made, he burned it in the fire and then ground it down to powder, which he scattered on the water[a] and made the Israelites drink.(B)

21 [b]Moses asked Aaron, “What did this people do to you that you should lead them into a grave sin?”

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Footnotes

  1. 32:20 The water: according to Dt 9:21, this was the stream that flowed down Mount Sinai.
  2. 32:21–24 Aaron attempts to persuade Moses not to act in anger, just as Moses persuaded the Lord. He also shifts the blame from himself to the people.
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