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v21 Moses said to Aaron: You should not have caused these people to do such a bad *sin. What did they do to you? v22 Aaron answered: Do not be angry, my *lord. You know how quickly these people do bad things. v23 They said to me: Make us some gods that will lead us. This man called Moses brought us out of Egypt. But now we do not know what has happened to him. v24 So I said to them: If anyone has any gold rings, he must remove them. Then they gave the gold to me. I threw it into the fire and this young cow came out of the fire! v25 All the *Israelites were running about. And Moses saw that they were doing bad things in the *camp. Aaron had let them do bad things. They would have felt ashamed if their enemies had seen them. v26 So Moses stood at the edge of the *camp. He said: Everyone who loves the *Lord must come to me. Then all the *Levites went to Moses. v27 Then Moses said to the *Levites: This is the message from the *Lord, the God of *Israel. Every man must take his *sword in his hand. You must go from one end of the *camp to the other. And each man must kill his brother and his friend and his *neighbour. v28 The *Levites obeyed the *command of Moses and about three thousand *Israelites died on that day. v29 Then Moses said to the *Levites: The *Lord has made you his special people today. He has *blessed you today because you have *punished your own sons and brothers. v30 On the next day, Moses said to the *Israelites: You have done a very bad thing. But now I will go up to the *Lord. Perhaps I can pay the price for your *sin. v31 So Moses returned to the *Lord. He said to the *Lord: These people have done a very bad thing. They have made gods out of gold for themselves! v32 But now, please *forgive them! And if you cannot *forgive them, then take my name out of your book. v33 The *Lord answered Moses: I will take out of my book the name of everyone who has *sinned against me. v34 Now go! Lead the *Israelites to the place that I have spoken about. My *angel will go in front of you. But on the right day I will *punish them for their *sin. v35 And the *Lord *punished the *Israelites with a bad illness because of what they had done. They had done bad things with the young cow that Aaron had made.