Exodus Chapter 32

1. The Golden Calf
– While Moses is on Mount Sinai, the people grow impatient and ask Aaron to make them a god to worship.
– Aaron collects gold from the people and fashions a golden calf, which the people declare to be their god who brought them out of Egypt.

2. God’s Anger and Moses’ Intercession
– The Lord tells Moses that the people have corrupted themselves and that He will destroy them.
– Moses pleads with God, reminding Him of His promises to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
– God relents from the disaster He planned to bring on the people.

3. Moses Comes Down from the Mountain
– Moses comes down from the mountain with the two tablets of the testimony in his hands.
– When he sees the people worshiping the golden calf, he becomes angry and throws down the tablets, breaking them.
– Moses destroys the golden calf, grinds it to powder, scatters it on the water, and makes the people drink it.

4. The Levites’ Action and Moses’ Plea
– Moses calls for those who are on the Lord’s side to come to him, and the Levites gather around him.
– The Levites are commanded to go through the camp and kill their relatives, friends, and neighbors who had sinned.
– Moses pleads with the Lord to forgive the people’s sin or blot him out of God’s book.

5. The Lord’s Punishment and Promise
– The Lord sends a plague on the people as punishment for their sin.
– The Lord also promises to send an angel to lead the people to the promised land, but He will not go with them Himself.