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And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strawed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it.

And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses" anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.

And he said, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome: but the noise of them that sing do I hear.

And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp.

And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.

And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony were in his hand: the tables were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written.

And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.

Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever.

Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people.

And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand?

Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.

And the LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:

They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

And the LORD said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves:

And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.

And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to the LORD.

And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron.

And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me.

And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, 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.

Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob"s thigh in the sinew that shrank.

And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh.

And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.

And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.

And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.

And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.

And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.

And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob"s thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him.

And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.

And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had.