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And it came to pass that Moses and Zipporah, his wife, did go up into the Mount of Strength, and there did יהוה (YHVH) give unto Israel His Torah;
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And Joshua, the son of Nun did go with them, yet not up unto יהוה (YHVH), our Elohim.
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¶ And it came to pass that Aaron was greatly afraid of the people, and they did bring him gold and he did put it into the fire,
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And out of the fire came a calf for the people to worship, for they did forget יהוה (YHVH), their Elohim, and Moses, and their covenant unto יהוה (YHVH).
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And it came to pass that יהוה (YHVH) did say to Moses, before he did come down from the mount:
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Get thee down, for thy people whom thou didst bring forth from Egypt have corrupted themselves.
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And so it was that when Moses did approach the camp, he saw the calf which had been made, and the anger of Moses was kindled, and he did break the tablets that יהוה (YHVH) had given him.
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And Moses did take the calf and burn it up with fire, and ground it till it became fine dust, and he did strew it upon the water and gave it to the Israelites to drink that a curse should not be upon them.
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And there many of the people died by the sword, all they that were cursed by the dust of the calf, for יהוה (YHVH) was not in them.
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¶ And it came to pass that the war that was between that calf that would be the elohim of the children of Jacob, and יהוה (YHVH), the Elohim of Israel, had come to an end, and יהוה (YHVH) was undefeated.
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And so it was that Moses did say to the people: I will go up to יהוה (YHVH) that I may make an atonement for your sins, for that sin which ye have sinned before יהוה (YHVH).