KJV King James Version
And when Moses saw that the people [were] naked; (for Aaron had made them naked unto [their] shame among their enemies:)
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Exodus 32:25
And when Moses saw that the people [were] naked; (for Aaron had made them naked unto [their] shame among their enemies:)
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Moses saw that the people were out of control, for Aaron had let them run wild and become a laughingstock to their enemies.
WEB World English Bible
When Moses saw that the people had broken loose, (for Aaron had let them loose for a derision among their enemies),
ASV American Standard Version
And when Moses saw that the people were broken loose, (for Aaron had let them loose for a derision among their enemies,)
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Moses seeth the people that it is unbridled, for Aaron hath made it unbridled for contempt among its withstanders,
Surrounding context — Exodus 32
22 And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they [are set] on mischief.
23 For they said unto me, Make us gods, which shall go before us: for [as for] this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.
24 And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break [it] off. So they gave [it] me: then I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf.
25 And when Moses saw that the people [were] naked; (for Aaron had made them naked unto [their] shame among their enemies:)
26 Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who [is] on the LORD’S side? [let him come] unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him.
27 And he said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, [and] go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour.
28 And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיַּ֤רְאH7200 · ra.ahto see: seeמֹשֶׁה֙H4872 · mo.shehMosesאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הָעָ֔םH5971 · ampeopleכִּ֥יH3588 · kiforפָרֻ֖עַH6544 · pa.rato leadה֑וּאH1931 · huhe/she/itכִּֽי־H3588 · kiforפְרָעֹ֣הH6544 · pa.rato leadאַהֲרֹ֔ןH175 · a.ha.ronAaronלְשִׁמְצָ֖הH8103 · shim.tsahderisionבְּקָמֵיהֶֽם׃H6965 · qa.may(Leb)-kamai
Cross-references
Isaiah 47:3Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet [thee as] a man.Revelation 16:15Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed [is] he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.Micah 1:11Pass ye away, thou inhabitant of Saphir, having thy shame naked: the inhabitant of Zaanan came not forth in the mourning of Bethezel; he shall receive of you his standing.Daniel 12:2And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame [and] everlasting contempt.2 Chronicles 28:19For the LORD brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel; for he made Judah naked, and transgressed sore against the LORD.Exodus 33:4-6And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no man did put on him his ornaments.Romans 6:21What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things [is] death.Deuteronomy 9:20And the LORD was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him: and I prayed for Aaron also the same time.Ezekiel 16:63That thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord GOD.Genesis 3:10And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I [was] naked; and I hid myself.Hosea 2:3Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst.Revelation 3:17-18Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
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