1Als aber das Volk sah, dass Mose ausblieb und nicht wieder von dem Berge herabkam, sammelte es sich gegen Aaron und sprach zu ihm: Auf, mache uns Götter, die vor uns hergehen! Denn wir wissen nicht, was diesem Mann Mose widerfahren ist, der uns aus Ägyptenland geführt hat. (5Mo 9,8; 1Kön 12,28)2Aaron sprach zu ihnen: Reißt ab die goldenen Ohrringe an den Ohren eurer Frauen, eurer Söhne und eurer Töchter und bringt sie zu mir.3Da riss alles Volk sich die goldenen Ohrringe von den Ohren und brachte sie zu Aaron.4Und er nahm sie von ihren Händen und formte das Gold und machte ein gegossenes Kalb. Und sie sprachen: Das sind deine Götter, Israel, die dich aus Ägyptenland geführt haben! (1Kön 12,28; Ps 106,19; Apg 7,41)5Als das Aaron sah, baute er einen Altar vor ihm und ließ ausrufen und sprach: Morgen ist des HERRN Fest.6Und sie standen früh am Morgen auf und opferten Brandopfer und brachten dazu Dankopfer dar. Danach setzte sich das Volk, um zu essen und zu trinken, und sie standen auf, um ihre Lust zu treiben. (1Kor 10,7)
Moses Fürbitte
7Der HERR sprach aber zu Mose: Geh, steig hinab; denn dein Volk, das du aus Ägyptenland geführt hast, hat schändlich gehandelt.8Sie sind schnell von dem Wege gewichen, den ich ihnen geboten habe. Sie haben sich ein gegossenes Kalb gemacht und haben’s angebetet und ihm geopfert und gesagt: Dies sind deine Götter, Israel, die dich aus Ägyptenland geführt haben. (2Mo 20,4; 2Mo 20,23)9Und der HERR sprach zu Mose: Ich habe dies Volk gesehen. Und siehe, es ist ein halsstarriges Volk. (5Mo 9,6; Jes 48,4; Apg 7,51)10Und nun lass mich, dass mein Zorn über sie entbrenne und sie verzehre; dafür will ich dich zum großen Volk machen. (4Mo 14,11)11Mose wollte den HERRN, seinen Gott, besänftigen und sprach: Ach, HERR, warum will dein Zorn entbrennen über dein Volk, das du mit großer Kraft und starker Hand aus Ägyptenland geführt hast?12Warum sollen die Ägypter sagen: Er hat sie zu ihrem Unglück herausgeführt, dass er sie umbrächte im Gebirge und vertilgte sie von dem Erdboden? Kehre dich ab von deinem glühenden Zorn und lass dich des Unheils gereuen, das du über dein Volk bringen willst. (5Mo 9,28; Jos 7,9)13Gedenke an deine Knechte Abraham, Isaak und Israel, denen du bei dir selbst geschworen und verheißen hast: Ich will eure Nachkommen mehren wie die Sterne am Himmel, und dies ganze Land, das ich verheißen habe, will ich euren Nachkommen geben, und sie sollen es besitzen für ewig. (1Mo 15,5; 1Mo 22,16; 1Mo 26,4)14Da gereute den HERRN das Unheil, das er seinem Volk angedroht hatte. (Ps 85,2)
Mose kehrt zurück
15Mose wandte sich und stieg vom Berge und hatte die zwei Tafeln des Gesetzes in seiner Hand; die waren beschrieben auf beiden Seiten, vorn und hinten waren sie beschrieben.16Und Gott hatte sie selbst gemacht, und die Schrift war Gottes Schrift, eingegraben in die Tafeln. (2Mo 31,18)17Als nun Josua das Geschrei des Volks hörte, sprach er zu Mose: Es ist ein Kriegsgeschrei im Lager.18Er antwortete: Es ist kein Geschrei wie bei einem Sieg, und es ist kein Geschrei wie bei einer Niederlage, ich höre Geschrei wie beim Tanz.19Als Mose aber nahe zum Lager kam und das Kalb und das Tanzen sah, entbrannte sein Zorn, und er warf die Tafeln aus der Hand und zerbrach sie unten am Berge20und nahm das Kalb, das sie gemacht hatten, und verbrannte es im Feuer und zermalmte es zu Pulver und streute es aufs Wasser und gab’s den Israeliten zu trinken.21Und er sprach zu Aaron: Was hat dir dies Volk getan, dass du eine so große Sünde über sie gebracht hast?22Aaron sprach: Mein Herr lasse seinen Zorn nicht entbrennen. Du weißt, dass dies Volk böse ist.23Sie sprachen zu mir: Mache uns Götter, die vor uns hergehen; denn wir wissen nicht, was mit diesem Mann Mose geschehen ist, der uns aus Ägyptenland geführt hat.24Ich sprach zu ihnen: Wer Gold hat, der reiße es ab und gebe es mir. Und ich warf es ins Feuer, und daraus ist dieses Kalb geworden.25Als nun Mose sah, dass das Volk zuchtlos geworden war – denn Aaron hatte sie zuchtlos werden lassen zum Gespött ihrer Widersacher –,26trat Mose in das Tor des Lagers und rief: Her zu mir, wer dem HERRN angehört! Da sammelten sich zu ihm alle Söhne Levi.27Und er sprach zu ihnen: So spricht der HERR, der Gott Israels: Ein jeder gürte sein Schwert um die Lenden und gehe durch das Lager hin und her von einem Tor zum andern und erschlage seinen Bruder, Freund und Nächsten.28Die Söhne Levi taten, wie ihnen Mose gesagt hatte; und es fielen an jenem Tage vom Volk dreitausend Mann.29Da sprach Mose: Füllt heute eure Hände zum Dienst für den HERRN – denn ein jeder ist wider seinen Sohn und Bruder gewesen –, damit euch heute Segen gegeben werde. (2Mo 28,41; 4Mo 3,6; 5Mo 33,8)
Die Demütigung des Volkes
30Am nächsten Morgen sprach Mose zum Volk: Ihr habt eine große Sünde getan; nun will ich hinaufsteigen zu dem HERRN, ob ich vielleicht Sühne erwirken kann für eure Sünde.31Als nun Mose wieder zu dem HERRN kam, sprach er: Ach, das Volk hat eine große Sünde getan, und sie haben sich Götter von Gold gemacht.32Vergib ihnen doch ihre Sünde; wenn nicht, dann tilge mich aus deinem Buch, das du geschrieben hast. (Ps 69,29; Lk 10,20; Röm 9,3)33Der HERR sprach zu Mose: Ich will den aus meinem Buch tilgen, der an mir gesündigt hat.34So geh nun hin und führe das Volk, wohin ich dir gesagt habe. Siehe, mein Engel soll vor dir hergehen. Ich werde aber ihre Sünde heimsuchen, wenn meine Zeit heimzusuchen gekommen ist. (2Mo 33,2; 2Mo 33,14; 4Mo 14,27)35Und der HERR schlug das Volk, weil sie sich das Kalb gemacht hatten, das Aaron angefertigt hatte.
1When the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, the people gathered themselves together to Aaron and said to him, “Up, make us gods who shall go before us. As for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.” (2Mo 13,21; 2Mo 24,18; 2Mo 32,23; 5Mo 9,9; Apg 7,40)2So Aaron said to them, “Take off the rings of gold that are in the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to me.” (2Mo 12,35; Ri 8,24)3So all the people took off the rings of gold that were in their ears and brought them to Aaron.4And he received the gold from their hand and fashioned it with a graving tool and made a golden[1] calf. And they said, “These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!” (5Mo 9,16; Ri 17,3; 1Kön 12,28; Neh 9,18; Ps 106,19; Apg 7,41)5When Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it. And Aaron made a proclamation and said, “Tomorrow shall be a feast to the Lord.” (2Kön 10,20)6And they rose up early the next day and offered burnt offerings and brought peace offerings. And the people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play. (1Mo 26,8; Ri 21,21; 1Kor 10,7)7And the Lord said to Moses, “Go down, for your people, whom you brought up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves. (5Mo 9,12; Ri 2,19; Hos 9,9)8They have turned aside quickly out of the way that I commanded them. They have made for themselves a golden calf and have worshiped it and sacrificed to it and said, ‘These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!’” (2Mo 20,3; 2Mo 20,23; 5Mo 9,16)9And the Lord said to Moses, “I have seen this people, and behold, it is a stiff-necked people. (2Mo 33,3; 2Mo 33,5; 2Mo 34,9; 5Mo 9,6; 5Mo 9,13; 5Mo 31,27; 2Chr 30,8; Jes 48,4; Apg 7,51)10Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may burn hot against them and I may consume them, in order that I may make a great nation of you.” (2Mo 22,24; 2Mo 33,3; 4Mo 14,12; 5Mo 9,14)11But Moses implored the Lord his God and said, “O Lord, why does your wrath burn hot against your people, whom you have brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand? (5Mo 9,18; 5Mo 9,26; Ps 74,1; Ps 106,23)12Why should the Egyptians say, ‘With evil intent did he bring them out, to kill them in the mountains and to consume them from the face of the earth’? Turn from your burning anger and relent from this disaster against your people. (2Mo 32,14; 4Mo 14,13; 5Mo 32,27)13Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, to whom you swore by your own self, and said to them, ‘I will multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have promised I will give to your offspring, and they shall inherit it forever.’” (1Mo 12,7; 1Mo 13,15; 1Mo 15,7; 1Mo 15,18; 1Mo 22,16; 1Mo 26,4; 1Mo 28,13; 1Mo 35,11; 1Mo 48,16; Hebr 6,13)14And the Lord relented from the disaster that he had spoken of bringing on his people. (1Chr 21,15; Ps 106,45; Jer 18,8; Jer 26,13; Jer 26,15; Jer 26,19; Am 7,3; Am 7,6; Jon 3,10; Jon 4,2)15Then Moses turned and went down from the mountain with the two tablets of the testimony in his hand, tablets that were written on both sides; on the front and on the back they were written. (2Mo 34,29; 5Mo 9,15)16The tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets. (2Mo 31,18)17When Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said to Moses, “There is a noise of war in the camp.” (2Mo 17,9; 2Mo 24,13; 2Mo 33,11)18But he said, “It is not the sound of shouting for victory, or the sound of the cry of defeat, but the sound of singing that I hear.” (Jer 51,14)19And as soon as he came near the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, Moses’ anger burned hot, and he threw the tablets out of his hands and broke them at the foot of the mountain. (5Mo 9,16; 5Mo 9,21)20He took the calf that they had made and burned it with fire and ground it to powder and scattered it on the water and made the people of Israel drink it.21And Moses said to Aaron, “What did this people do to you that you have brought such a great sin upon them?” (1Mo 20,9)22And Aaron said, “Let not the anger of my lord burn hot. You know the people, that they are set on evil. (2Mo 14,11; 2Mo 15,24; 2Mo 16,2; 2Mo 16,20; 2Mo 17,2; 2Mo 17,4; 1Sam 15,24)23For they said to me, ‘Make us gods who shall go before us. As for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.’ (2Mo 32,1)24So I said to them, ‘Let any who have gold take it off.’ So they gave it to me, and I threw it into the fire, and out came this calf.” (2Mo 32,2)25And when Moses saw that the people had broken loose (for Aaron had let them break loose, to the derision of their enemies), (2Mo 32,12)26then Moses stood in the gate of the camp and said, “Who is on the Lord’s side? Come to me.” And all the sons of Levi gathered around him.27And he said to them, “Thus says the Lord God of Israel, ‘Put your sword on your side each of you, and go to and fro from gate to gate throughout the camp, and each of you kill his brother and his companion and his neighbor.’” (4Mo 25,5; 5Mo 33,9)28And the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses. And that day about three thousand men of the people fell.29And Moses said, “Today you have been ordained for the service of the Lord, each one at the cost of his son and of his brother, so that he might bestow a blessing upon you this day.” (4Mo 25,11; 5Mo 13,6; Sach 13,3; Mt 10,37; Lk 14,26)30The next day Moses said to the people, “You have sinned a great sin. And now I will go up to the Lord; perhaps I can make atonement for your sin.” (2Mo 32,21; 1Sam 12,20; 2Sam 16,12; Am 5,15)31So Moses returned to the Lord and said, “Alas, this people has sinned a great sin. They have made for themselves gods of gold. (2Mo 20,23; 2Mo 32,30)32But now, if you will forgive their sin—but if not, please blot me out of your book that you have written.” (4Mo 14,19; Ps 56,8; Ps 69,28; Ps 139,16; Dan 12,1; Röm 9,3; Phil 4,3)33But the Lord said to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against me, I will blot out of my book. (Hes 18,4; Hes 18,20)34But now go, lead the people to the place about which I have spoken to you; behold, my angel shall go before you. Nevertheless, in the day when I visit, I will visit their sin upon them.” (2Mo 14,19; 2Mo 33,12)35Then the Lord sent a plague on the people, because they made the calf, the one that Aaron made.
2.Mose 32
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1And 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.2And 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.3And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron.4And 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.5And when Aaron saw it , he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to the LORD.6And 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.7And the LORD said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves :8They 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.9And the LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:10Now 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.11And 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?12Wherefore 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.13Remember 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.14And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.15And 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.16And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.17And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp.18And 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.19And 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.20And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strawed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it .21And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them?22And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they are set on mischief.23For 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.24And 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.25And when Moses saw that the people were naked; (for Aaron had made them naked unto their shame among their enemies:)26Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the LORD' side? let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him.27And 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.28And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.29For 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.30And 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.31And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold.32Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin--; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.33And the LORD said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book.34Therefore 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.35And the LORD plagued the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made.