Exodus 32:1

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

After the people saw that Moses had been on the mountain for a long time, they went to Aaron and said, “Make us an image of a god who will lead and protect us. Moses brought us out of Egypt, but nobody knows what has happened to him.”

Cross References

Genesis 19:14

Lot went to the men who were engaged to his daughters and said, “Hurry and get out of here! The LORD is going to destroy this city.” But they thought he was joking, and they laughed at him.

Genesis 21:26

“This is the first I've heard about it,” Abimelech replied. “Why haven't you said something before? I don't have any idea who did it.”

Genesis 39:8

but he refused and said, “My master isn't worried about anything in his house, because he has placed me in charge of everything he owns.

Genesis 44:15

who asked them, “What have you done? Didn't you know I could find out?”

Genesis 44:4

But they had not gone far from the city when Joseph told the servant, “Go after those men! When you catch them, say, ‘My master has been good to you. So why have you stolen his silver cup?

Psalm 106:19

At Horeb your people made and worshipped the statue

Exodus 13:21

During the day the LORD went ahead of his people in a thick cloud, and during the night he went ahead of them in a flaming fire. That way the LORD could lead them at all times, whether day or night.

Exodus 14:11

They also complained to Moses, “Wasn't there enough room in Egypt to bury us? Is that why you brought us out here to die in the desert? Why did you bring us out of Egypt anyway?

Exodus 16:3

“We wish the LORD had killed us in Egypt. When we lived there, we could at least sit down and eat all the bread and meat we wanted. But you have brought us out here into this desert, where we are going to starve.”

Exodus 20:23

So you must never make idols of silver or gold to worship in place of me.

Exodus 24:12

The LORD said to Moses, “Come up on the mountain and stay here for a while. I will give you the two flat stones on which I have written the laws that my people must obey.”

Exodus 32:11

Moses tried to get the LORD God to change his mind: Our LORD, you used your mighty power to bring these people out of Egypt. Now don't become angry and destroy them.

Exodus 32:22

Aaron answered: Don't be angry with me. You know as well as I do that they are determined to do evil.

Exodus 32:23

They even told me, “That man Moses led us out of Egypt, but now we don't know what has happened to him. Make us a god to lead us.”

Exodus 32:7

The LORD said to Moses: Hurry back down! Those people you led out of Egypt are acting like fools.

Ezekiel 20:8

but they still rebelled against me. They refused to listen and kept on worshipping their idols and foreign gods. In my anger, I decided to punish the Israelites in Egypt.

Hosea 12:13

I sent the prophet Moses to lead Israel from Egypt and to keep them safe.

Micah 6:4

I rescued you from Egypt, where you were slaves. I sent Moses, Aaron, and Miriam to be your leaders.

Numbers 14:22

I swear that not one of these Israelites will enter the land I promised to give their ancestors. These people have seen my power in Egypt and in the desert, but they will never see Canaan. They have disobeyed and tested me too many times.

Matthew 24:43

Homeowners never know when a thief is coming, and they are always on guard to keep one from breaking in.

Matthew 24:48

But suppose one of the servants thinks that the master won't return until late.

Acts 17:29

Since we are God's children, we must not think that he is like an idol made out of gold or silver or stone. He isn't like anything that humans have thought up and made.

Acts 19:26

But you have seen and heard how this man Paul is upsetting a lot of people, not only in Ephesus, but almost everywhere in Asia. He claims that the gods we humans make are not really gods at all.

Acts 7:40

The people said to Aaron, “Make some gods to lead us! Moses led us out of Egypt, but we don't know what's happened to him now.”

Deuteronomy 31:8

The LORD will lead you into the land. He will always be with you and help you, so don't ever be afraid of your enemies.

Deuteronomy 9:1

Israel, listen to me! You will soon cross the River Jordan and go into the land to force out the nations that live there. They are more powerful than you are, and the walls around their cities reach to the sky.

Deuteronomy 9:9

It happened during those forty days and nights that I was on the mountain, without anything to eat or drink. He had told me to come up there so he could give me the agreement he made with us. And this agreement was actually the same Ten Commandments he had announced to you when he spoke from the fire on the mountain. The LORD had written them on two flat stones with his own hand. But after giving me the two stones,

Joshua 7:13

Tell the people of Israel, “Tomorrow you will meet with the LORD your God, so make yourselves acceptable to worship him. The LORD says that you have taken things that should have been destroyed. You won't be able to stand up to your enemies until you get rid of those things.

2 Peter 3:4

and say, “Didn't your Lord promise to come back? Yet the first leaders have already died, and the world hasn't changed a bit.”