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Then Mosesturned and wentdown from the mountain with the twotablets of the testimony in his hand, tablets which were written on bothsides; they were written on one side and the other.
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It came about, as soon as Moses camenear the camp, that he saw the calf and the dancing; and Moses'angerburned, and he threw the tablets from his hands and shattered them at the foot of the mountain.
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He took the calfwhich they had made and burned it with fire, and ground it to powder*, and scattered it over the surface of the water and made the sons of Israeldrink it.
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"For they said to me, 'Make a god for us who will gobefore us; for thisMoses, the manwhobrought us up from the land of Egypt, we do not knowwhat has become of him.'
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He said to them, "Thussays the LORD, the God of Israel, 'Everyman of you put his sword upon his thigh, and go*back and forth from gate to gate in the camp, and killeveryman his brother, and everyman his friend, and everyman his neighbor.' "
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Then Mosessaid, "Dedicateyourselvestoday to the LORD -for everyman has been against his son and against his brother -in order that He may bestow a blessing upon you today."
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On the nextdayMosessaid to the people, "You yourselves have committed a greatsin; and now I am going up to the LORD, perhaps I can makeatonement for your sin."
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"But gonow, lead the peoplewhere* I told you. Behold, My angel shall gobefore you; nevertheless in the day when I punish, I will punish them for their sin."