## Onkelos Exodus Chapter 32

###### Onkelos Exodus 32:1
[Onkelos Exodus 32:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/32:1)

וַחֲזָא עַמָּא אֲרֵי אוֹחַר משֶׁה לְמֵחַת מִן טוּרָא וְאִתְכְּנֵשׁ עַמָּא עַל אַהֲרֹן וַאֲמָרוּ לֵיהּ קוּם עֲבֵד לָנָא דַחֲלָן דִּיְהָכוּן קֳדָמָנָא אֲרֵי דֵין משֶׁה גַבְרָא דִּי אַסְּקָנָא מֵאַרְעָא דְמִצְרַיִם לָא יְדַעְנָא מָה הֲוָה לֵיהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
[When] the people saw that Moshe was late in coming down from the mountain, they gathered against Aharon, and said to him, “Arise, make us gods that will lead us, for this Moshe, the man who brought us up from the land of Egypt, we do not know what happened to him.”


###### Onkelos Exodus 32:2
[Onkelos Exodus 32:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/32:2)

וַאֲמַר לְהוֹן אַהֲרֹן פְּרִיקוּ קָדָשֵׁי דְדַהֲבָא דִּי בְּאוּדְנֵי נְשֵׁיכוֹן בְּנֵיכוֹן וּבְנָתֵיכוֹן וְאַיְתִיּוּ לְוָתִי:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Aharon said to them, “Remove the golden rings which are on the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters and bring them to me.”


###### Onkelos Exodus 32:3
[Onkelos Exodus 32:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/32:3)

וְאִתְפְּרִיקוּ כָּל עַמָּא יָת קָדָשֵׁי דְדַהֲבָא דִּי בְאוּדְנֵיהוֹן וְאַיְתִיּוּ לְאַהֲרֹן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
All the people removed the golden rings which were on their ears, and brought them to Aharon.


###### Onkelos Exodus 32:4
[Onkelos Exodus 32:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/32:4)

וּנְסִיב מִידֵיהוֹן וְצַר יָתֵיהּ בְּזִיפָא וְעָבְדֵיהּ עֵגֶל מַתְּכָא וַאֲמָרוּ אִלֵּין דַּחַלְתָּךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל דִּי אַסְּקוּךְ מֵאַרְעָא דְמִצְרָיִם:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
He took them from their hands, and formed it with [a goldsmith’s] engraving tool, and made it into a molten calf. They [then] said, “These, Yisrael, are your gods who brought you up from the land of Egypt.


###### Onkelos Exodus 32:5
[Onkelos Exodus 32:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/32:5)

וַחֲזָא אַהֲרֹן וּבְנָא מַדְבְּחָא קֳדָמוֹהִי וּקְרָא אַהֲרֹן וַאֲמַר חַגָּא **קֳדָם** יְיָ מְחָר:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
[When] Aharon saw [this], he built an altar before it. Aharon then called out and said: “Tomorrow will be a festival to [**before**] Adonoy.”


###### Onkelos Exodus 32:6
[Onkelos Exodus 32:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/32:6)

וְאַקְדִּימוּ בְּיוֹמָא דְבַתְרוֹהִי וְאַסִּיקוּ עֲלָוָן וְקָרִיבוּ נִכְסִין **וְאַסְחַר** עַמָּא לְמֵיכַל וּלְמִשְׁתֵּי וְקָמוּ לְחַיָּכָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
They arose early the next morning, and offered burnt-offerings and brought peace-offerings. The people then sat down [**reclined**] to eat and drink, and got up to amuse themselves.


###### Onkelos Exodus 32:7
[Onkelos Exodus 32:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/32:7)

וּמַלִּיל יְיָ עִם משֶׁה אִזֵל חוּת אֲרֵי חַבִּיל עַמָּךְ דִּי אַסֶּקְתָּא מֵאַרְעָא דְמִצְרָיִם:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Adonoy spoke to Moshe, “Go down, for your people have become corrupt—those whom you brought up out of the land of Egypt.


###### Onkelos Exodus 32:8
[Onkelos Exodus 32:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/32:8)

סָטוּ בִּפְרִיעַ מִן אוֹרְחָא דִּי פַקֶּדְתִּנּוּן עֲבָדוּ לְהוֹן עֵגַל מַתְּכָא וּסְגִידוּ לֵיהּ וְדַבָּחוּ לֵיהּ וַאֲמָרוּ אִלֵּין דַּחַלְתָּךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל דִּי אַסְּקוּךְ מֵאַרְעָא דְמִצְרָיִם:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
They have departed quickly from the way that I commanded them, they have made for themselves a molten calf. They have prostrated themselves to it and offered sacrifices to it, and have said, ‘These, Yisrael, are your gods who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.’”


###### Onkelos Exodus 32:9
[Onkelos Exodus 32:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/32:9)

וַאֲמַר יְיָ לְמשֶׁה **גְּלֵי קֳדָמַי** עַמָּא הָדֵין וְהָא עַמָּא קְשֵׁי קְדַל הוּא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Adonoy said to Moshe, “I have seen [observed] this people [**are revealed before Me**], and behold they are a stiff-necked people.


###### Onkelos Exodus 32:10
[Onkelos Exodus 32:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/32:10)

וּכְעַן **הַנַּח בָּעוּתָךְ מִן קֳדָמַי** וְיִתְקֵף רוּגְזִי בְהוֹן וְאֵישֵׁיצִנּוּן וְאֶעְבֵּד יָתָךְ לְעַם סַגִּי:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Now leave Me alone [**leave your prayer from before Me**] and My wrath will blaze against them and destroy them. I will then make you into a great nation.”


###### Onkelos Exodus 32:11
[Onkelos Exodus 32:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/32:11)

**וְצַלִּי** משֶׁה קֳדָם יְיָ אֱלָהֵיהּ וַאֲמַר לְמָא יְיָ יִתְקֵף רוּגְזָךְ בְּעַמָּךְ דִּי אַפֶּקְתָּא מֵאַרְעָא דְמִצְרַיִם בְּחֵיל רַב וּבִידָא תַקִּיפָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Moshe implored [**prayed**] before the Presence of Adonoy, his God, and he said, “Adonoy! Why should Your wrath blaze against Your people whom You brought out from the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?


###### Onkelos Exodus 32:12
[Onkelos Exodus 32:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/32:12)

לְמָא יֵימְרוּן מִצְרָאֵי לְמֵימַר בְּבִישְׁתָּא אַפֶּקְתִּנּוּן לְקַטָּלָא יָתְהוֹן **בֵּינֵי** טוּרַיָּא וּלְשֵׁיצָיוּתְהוֹן מֵעַל אַפֵּי אַרְעָא תּוּב מִתְּקוֹף רוּגְזָךְ וְאָתֵיב מִן בִּישְׁתָּא דְּמֶלֶּלְתָּא לְמֶעְבַּד לְעַמָּךְ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Why should Egypt be able to say, ‘He brought them out with evil intent, to kill them in [**between**] the mountains, and to annihilate them from the face of the earth?’ Turn from [withdraw] Your blazing wrath, and reconsider the [intent of doing] evil to Your people.


###### Onkelos Exodus 32:13
[Onkelos Exodus 32:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/32:13)

אִדְכַּר לְאַבְרָהָם לְיִצְחָק וּלְיִשְׂרָאֵל עַבְדָּיךְ דִּי קַיֶּמְתָּא לְהוֹן **בְּמֵימְרָךְ** וּמַלֶּלְתָּא עִמְּהוֹן אַסְגֵּי יָת בְּנֵיכוֹן כְּכוֹכְבֵי שְׁמַיָּא וְכָל אַרְעָא הָדָא דִּי אֲמָרִית אֶתֵּן לִבְנֵיכוֹן וְיַחְסְנוּן לַעֲלָם:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Remember Avraham, Yitzchok and Yisrael, Your servants, to whom You swore by Your Self [**Word**], and said to them, ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars of the heaven; and all this land of which I have spoken, I will give to your descendants, and they will inherit it forever.’”


###### Onkelos Exodus 32:14
[Onkelos Exodus 32:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/32:14)

וְתַב יְיָ מִן בִּישְׁתָא דִּי מַלֵּיל לְמֶעְבַּד לְעַמֵּיהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Adonoy reconsidered the [intent of doing] evil that He had said He would do to His people.


###### Onkelos Exodus 32:15
[Onkelos Exodus 32:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/32:15)

וְאִתְפְּנֵי וּנְחַת משֶׁה מִן טוּרָא וּתְרֵין לוּחֵי סַהֲדוּתָא בִּידֵיהּ לוּחֵי כְּתִיבִין מִתְּרֵין עִבְרֵיהוֹן מִכָּא וּמִכָּא אִנּוּן כְּתִיבִין:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Moshe turned and went down from the mountain with the two Tablets of the Testimony in his hand. They were tablets written on both sides, the writing was [visible] from either side.


###### Onkelos Exodus 32:16
[Onkelos Exodus 32:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/32:16)

וְלוּחַיָּא עוֹבָדָא דַיְיָ אִנּוּן וּכְתָבָא כְּתָבָא דַיְיָ הוּא מְפָרַשׁ עַל לוּחַיָּא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
The Tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, engraved upon the Tablets.


###### Onkelos Exodus 32:17
[Onkelos Exodus 32:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/32:17)

וּשְׁמַע יְהוֹשֻׁעַ יָת קַל עַמָּא כַּד מְיַבְּבִין וַאֲמַר לְמשֶׁה קַל קְרָבָא בְּמַשְׁרִיתָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Yehoshua heard the voice of the people rejoicing, and he said to Moshe, “There is a sound of battle in the camp.”


###### Onkelos Exodus 32:18
[Onkelos Exodus 32:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/32:18)

וַאֲמַר לָא קַל **גִּבָּרִין דְּנַצְחִין בִּקְרָבָא** וְאַף לָא קַל **חַלָּשִׁין דְּמִתַּבְּרִין** קַל **דִּמְחַיְּכִין** אֲנָא שְׁמָע:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
But he [Moshe] said, “It is not the sound of strength [song of victory] [**the mighty who are victorious in war**], nor is it the sound of weakness [song of defeat] [**the weak who are broken**]. It is a sound of song [**the rejoicers**] that I hear.”


###### Onkelos Exodus 32:19
[Onkelos Exodus 32:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/32:19)

וַהֲוָה כַּד קָרִיב לְמַשְׁרִיתָא וַחֲזָא יָת עֶגְלָא וְחִנְגִּין וּתְקֵיף רוּגְזָא דְמשֶׁה וּרְמָא מִידוֹהִי יָת לוּחַיָּא וְתַבַּר יָתְהוֹן **בְּשִׁפּוֹלֵי** טוּרָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
As he [Moshe] approached the camp, he saw the calf and the dancing. Moshe’s anger blazed, and he threw down the Tablets that were in his hands and smashed them beneath [**at the bottom of**] the mountain.


###### Onkelos Exodus 32:20
[Onkelos Exodus 32:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/32:20)

וּנְסֵיב יָת עֶגְלָא דִי עֲבָדוּ וְאוֹקֵד בְּנוּרָא וְשַׁף עַד דַּהֲוָה דַקִּיק וּזְרָא עַל אַפֵּי מַיָּא וְאַשְׁקֵי יָת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
He took the calf that they had made, and burned it in fire, and ground it into fine powder. He then scattered it on the water, and made the B’nei Yisrael drink it.


###### Onkelos Exodus 32:21
[Onkelos Exodus 32:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/32:21)

וַאֲמַר משֶׁה לְאַהֲרֹן מָה עֲבַד לָךְ עַמָּא הָדֵין אֲרֵי אַיְתֵיתָא עֲלוֹהִי חוֹבָא רַבָּא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Moshe then said to Aharon, “What did this people do to you that you brought upon them such a great sin?”


###### Onkelos Exodus 32:22
[Onkelos Exodus 32:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/32:22)

וַאֲמַר אַהֲרֹן לָא יִתְקֵף רוּגְזָא דְרִבּוֹנִי אַתְּ יְדַעַתְּ יָת עַמָּא אֲרֵי בְּבִישׁ הוּא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Aharon said, “Let not the wrath of my master blaze. You know that the people are set on evil.


###### Onkelos Exodus 32:23
[Onkelos Exodus 32:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/32:23)

וַאֲמָרוּ לִי עִבֵיד לָנָא דַּחֲלַן דִּי יְהָכָן קֳדָמָנָא אֲרֵי דֵין משֶׁה גַּבְרָא דִּי אַסְּקָנָא מֵאַרְעָא דְמִצְרַיִם לָא יְדַעְנָא מַה הֲוָה לֵיהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
They said to me, ‘Make gods for us that will lead us for this Moshe, the man who brought us up from the land of Egypt, we do not know what happened to him.’


###### Onkelos Exodus 32:24
[Onkelos Exodus 32:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/32:24)

וַאֲמָרִית לְהוֹן לְמָן דַּהֲבָא פָּרִיקוּ וִיהָבוּ לִי וּרְמִיתֵיהּ בְּנוּרָא וּנְפַק עֶגְלָא הָדֵין:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
I said to them, ‘Who has gold?’ They removed [their gold] and gave it to me. I threw it into the fire, and this calf emerged.”


###### Onkelos Exodus 32:25
[Onkelos Exodus 32:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/32:25)

וַחֲזָא משֶׁה יָת עַמָּא אֲרֵי **בְטִיל** הוּא אֲרֵי **בָטֵילִנּוּן** אַהֲרֹן **לַאֲסָבוּתְהוֹן שׁוּם בִּישׁ לְדָרֵיהוֹן**:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Moshe saw [the bad traits of] the people for they were [now] exposed [**rejected**]; for Aharon had allowed them to be exposed [**nullified them**], and now they would be disgraced among their adversaries [**to make them take a bad name for themselves for their generations**].


###### Onkelos Exodus 32:26
[Onkelos Exodus 32:26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/32:26)

וְקָם משֶׁה בִּתְרַע מַשְׁרִיתָא וַאֲמַר מָן **דַּחֲלַיָּא** דַיְיָ יֵיתוּן לְוָתִי וְאִתְכַּנָּשׁוּ לְוָתֵיהּ כָּל בְּנֵי לֵוִי:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Moshe stood at the entrance of the camp and said, “Whoever is for [**fears**] Adonoy, [come] to me.” All the sons of Leivi gathered to him.


###### Onkelos Exodus 32:27
[Onkelos Exodus 32:27](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/32:27)

וַאֲמַר לְהוֹן כִּדְנַן אֲמַר יְיָ אֱלָהָא דְיִשְׂרָאֵל שַׁוּוּ גְבַר חַרְבֵּיהּ עַל יַרְכֵּיהּ עִבַרוּ וְתוּבוּ מִתְּרַע לִתְרַע בְּמַשְׁרִיתָא וּקְטוּלוּ גְבַר יָת אָחוּהִי וּגְבַר יָת חַבְרֵיהּ וֶאֱנַשׁ יָת קָרִיבֵיהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
He said to them, “This is what Adonoy, God of Yisrael has said, ‘Let each man put his sword on his hip and pass through from gate to gate in the camp. Let each man kill [even] his brother, each man his friend, each man his relative.


###### Onkelos Exodus 32:28
[Onkelos Exodus 32:28](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/32:28)

וַעֲבָדוּ בְנֵי לֵוִי כְּפִתְגָּמָא דְמשֶׁה וּנְפַל מִן עַמָּא בְּיוֹמָא הַהוּא כִּתְלָתָא אַלְפִין גַּבְרָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
The sons of Leivi did as Moshe said. On that day those that fell from among the people, numbered approximately three thousand men.


###### Onkelos Exodus 32:29
[Onkelos Exodus 32:29](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/32:29)

וַאֲמַר משֶׁה **קָרִיבוּ יֶדְכוֹן קֻרְבָּנָא** יוֹמָא דֵין **קֳדָם** יְיָ אֲרֵי גְּבַר בִּבְרֵיהּ וּבְאָחוּהִי וּלְאַיְתָאָה עֲלֵיכוֹן יוֹמָא דֵין בִּרְכָן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Moshe said, “Consecrate yourselves [**Your hands have offered a sacrifice**] today to [**before**] Adonoy—for each man killed [even] his son and brothers—that He may bestow a blessing upon you today.”


###### Onkelos Exodus 32:30
[Onkelos Exodus 32:30](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/32:30)

וַהֲוָה בְּיוֹמָא דְבַתְרוֹהִי וַאֲמַר משֶׁה לְעַמָּא אַתּוּן חַבְתּוּן חוֹבָא רַבָּא וּכְעַן אֶסַּק **קֳדָם** יְיָ מָאִים אֲכַפֵּר עַל חוֹבֵיכוֹן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
The next day Moshe said to the people, “You have committed a great sin. Now I will go up to [**before**] Adonoy, perhaps I will gain atonement for your sin.”


###### Onkelos Exodus 32:31
[Onkelos Exodus 32:31](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/32:31)

וְתַב משֶׁה **לִקֳדָם** יְיָ וַאֲמָר בְּבָעוּ חַב עַמָּא הָדֵין חוֹבָא רַבָּא וַעֲבָדוּ לְהוֹן דַּחֲלַן דִּדְהָב:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Moshe returned to [**before**] Adonoy and said, “I beseech You! This people have committed a great sin and have made a god of gold.


###### Onkelos Exodus 32:32
[Onkelos Exodus 32:32](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/32:32)

וּכְעַן אִם שַׁבְקַת לְחוֹבֵיהוֹן וְאִם לָא מְחֵנִי כְעַן מִסִּפְרָךְ דִּי כְתַבְתָּא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Now if You would bear [forgive] their sin, and if not, blot me out from Your book that You have written.”


###### Onkelos Exodus 32:33
[Onkelos Exodus 32:33](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/32:33)

וַאֲמַר יְיָ לְמשֶׁה מָן דִּי חַב **קֳדָמַי** אֶמְחִנֵּיהּ מִסִפְרִי:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Adonoy said to Moshe, “Those who have sinned against [**before**] Me, I will blot out from My book.


###### Onkelos Exodus 32:34
[Onkelos Exodus 32:34](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/32:34)

וּכְעַן אִזֵּיל דַּבַּר יָת עַמָּא לַאֲתַר דִּי מַלֵּלִית לָךְ הָא מַלְאָכִי יְהַךְ קֳדָמָךְ וּבְיוֹם אַסְעָרוּתִי וְאַסְעַר עֲלֵיהוֹן חוֹבֵיהוֹן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
And now, go, lead the people to [the place] of which I have spoken to you. Behold, My angel will go before you. However on the day when I take account of them, I will take their sin into account.


###### Onkelos Exodus 32:35
[Onkelos Exodus 32:35](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/32:35)

וּמְחָא יְיָ יָת עַמָּא עַל דִּי אִשְׁתַּעְבָּדוּ לְעֶגְלָא דִּי עֲבַד אַהֲרֹן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Adonoy then struck the people with a plague because they had made [worshiped] the calf that Aharon made.