LITV(i)
15 And Moses turned and went down from the mountain, the two tablets of the testimony in his hand, tablets written on their two sides, on this and on that side they were written.
16 And the tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God; it was engraved on the tablets.
17 And Joshua heard the voice of the people in their shouting. And he said to Moses, A sound of war in the camp!
18 And he said, It is not a sound of a cry of might, nor a sound of a cry of defeat; I am hearing the sound of singing.
19 And it happened, as he came near to the camp and saw the calf and dances, the anger of Moses glowed. And he threw the tablets from his hands, and he broke them below the mountain.
20 And he took the calf which they had made and burned it with fire and ground it until it was fine, then he scattered it on the face of the water. And he made the sons of Israel to drink it .
21 And Moses said to Aaron, What has this people done to you that you have made to come on them a great sin?
22 And Aaron said, Let not anger of my lord glow. You know the people, that it is in evil.
23 And they said to me, Make for us gods who may go before us; as for Moses, the man who caused us to go up from the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.
24 And I said to them, Whoever has gold, let them break off. And they gave to me, and I cast it into the fire, and this calf came out.
25 And Moses saw the people, that it was unloosed, for Aaron had let it loose for a derision among their enemies.
26 And Moses stood in the gate of the camp and said, Who is for Jehovah? Come to me! And all the sons of Levi assembled to him.
27 And he said to them, So says Jehovah, God of Israel, each one put his sword on his thigh; pass to and fro from gate to gate in the camp, and each one kill his brother, and each one his neighbor, and each one his kindred.
28 And the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses. And about three thousand men of the people fell on that day.
29 And Moses said, Fill your hand today for Jehovah, since each one has been against his son and against his brother, and in order to give you a blessing today.
30 And it happened on the morrow, Moses said to the people, You have sinned a great sin. And now I will go up to Jehovah; perhaps I can make atonement for your sin.
31 And Moses went back to Jehovah and said, Oh, this people has sinned a great sin, and they have made for themselves gods of gold.
32 And now if You will, lift up their sin. And if not, I pray, blot me out from Your book which You have written.
33 And Jehovah said to Moses, Whoever has sinned against Me, I will blot him from My book.
34 And now go, lead the people to that place which I have spoken to you. Behold, My Angel shall go before your face. And in the day of My visitation I will visit their sin on them.
35 And Jehovah plagued the people because they made the calf, which Aaron made.