Treasury of Scripture Knowledge They said to me: make us gods, that may go before us; for as to this Moses, who brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is befallen him. Exodus 32:1-4,8 And the people seeing that Moses delayed to come down from the mount, gathering together against Aaron, said: Arise, make us gods, that may go before us: For as to this Moses, the man that brought us out of the land of Egypt, we know not what has befallen him. . . . Context Moses Breaks the Tablets…22And he answered him: Let not my lord be offended; for thou knowest this people, that they are prone to evil. 23They said to me: make us gods, that may go before us; for as to this Moses, who brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is befallen him.24And I said to them: Which of you hath any gold? and they took and brought it to me; and I cast it into the fire, and this calf came out.… Cross References Acts 7:40 Saying to Aaron: Make us gods to go before us. For as for this Moses, who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him. Exodus 32:1 And the people seeing that Moses delayed to come down from the mount, gathering together against Aaron, said: Arise, make us gods, that may go before us: For as to this Moses, the man that brought us out of the land of Egypt, we know not what has befallen him. 1 Samuel 15:15 And Saul said: They have brought them from Amalec: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the herds, that they might be sacrificed to the Lord thy God, but the rest we have slain. 1 Samuel 15:21 But the people took of the spoils, sheep and oxen, as the firstfruits of those things that were slain, to offer sacrifice to the Lord their God in Galgal. Lexicon They toldוַיֹּ֣אמְרוּ (way·yō·mə·rū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say me, לִ֔י (lî) Preposition | first person common singular Strong's Hebrew ‘Make עֲשֵׂה־ (‘ă·śêh-) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make us לָ֣נוּ (lā·nū) Preposition | first person common plural Strong's Hebrew gods אֱלֹהִ֔ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative who אֲשֶׁ֥ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that will go יֵלְכ֖וּ (yê·lə·ḵū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 1980: To go, come, walk before us. לְפָנֵ֑ינוּ (lə·p̄ā·nê·nū) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face As for כִּי־ (kî-) Conjunction Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction this זֶ֣ה ׀ (zeh) Pronoun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2088: This, that Moses מֹשֶׁ֣ה (mō·šeh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4872: Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver who אֲשֶׁ֤ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that brought us up הֶֽעֱלָ֙נוּ֙ (he·‘ĕ·lā·nū) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular | first person common plural Strong's Hebrew 5927: To ascend, in, actively out of the land מֵאֶ֣רֶץ (mê·’e·reṣ) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land of Egypt, מִצְרַ֔יִם (miṣ·ra·yim) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 4714: Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa we do not לֹ֥א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no know יָדַ֖עְנוּ (yā·ḏa‘·nū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural Strong's Hebrew 3045: To know what מֶה־ (meh-) Interrogative Strong's Hebrew 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what has happened הָ֥יָה (hā·yāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be to him!’ לֽוֹ׃ (lōw) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew Additional Translations They told me, ‘Make us gods who will go before us. As for this Moses who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him!’For they said to 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 know not what is become of him. 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 know not what is become of him. For they say to me, Make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this man Moses, who brought us out of Egypt, we do not know what is become of him. And they said to me, Make us a god, who will go before us; for this Moses, the man that has brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what is become of him! 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 know not what is become of him. For they said to me, Make us gods which shall go before us: for as for this Moses, the man that brought us out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him. For they said to me, 'Make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we don't know what has become of him.' and they say to me, Make for us gods, who go before us, for this Moses -- the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt -- we have not known what hath happened to him; Jump to Previous Egypt Fellow Gods Idea Moses WotJump to Next Egypt Fellow Gods Idea Moses WotExternal Links Exodus 32:23 NIVExodus 32:23 NLT Exodus 32:23 ESV Exodus 32:23 NASB Exodus 32:23 ASV Exodus 32:23 Bible Apps Exodus 32:23 Biblia Paralela Exodus 32:23 Chinese Bible Exodus 32:23 French Bible Exodus 32:23 German Bible Alphabetical: a As become before brought do don't Egypt fellow for from go god gods happened has him' know land Make man me Moses not of out said the They this to up us we what who will OT Law: Exodus 32:23 For they said to me 'Make us (Exo. Ex) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |