On the next day, Moses said to the people, “You have sinned a great sin. Now I will go up to the LORD. Perhaps I shall make atonement for your sin.”
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Exodus 32:30 in context
Exodus 32:27–33
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He said to them, “The LORD, the God of Israel, says, ‘Every man put his sword on his thigh, and go back and forth from gate to gate throughout the camp, and every man kill his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbor.’”
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The sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses. About three thousand men fell of the people that day.
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Moses said, “Consecrate yourselves today to the LORD, for every man was against his son and against his brother, that he may give you a blessing today.”
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On the next day, Moses said to the people, “You have sinned a great sin. Now I will go up to the LORD. Perhaps I shall make atonement for your sin.”
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Moses returned to the LORD, and said, “Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made themselves gods of gold.
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Yet now, if you will, forgive their sin—and if not, please blot me out of your book which you have written.”
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The LORD said to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against me, I will blot him out of my book.
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