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Exodus 32:6

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.

KJV

Surgentesque mane, obtulerunt holocausta, et hostias pacificas, et sedit populus manducare, et bibere, et surrexerunt ludere.

Vulgate

καὶ ὀρθρίσας τῇ ἐπαύριον ἀνεβίβασεν ὁλοκαυτώματα, καὶ προσήνεγκεν θυσίαν ⸆ σωτηρίου· καὶ ἐκάθισεν ὁ λαὸς φαγεῖν καὶ πιεῖν, καὶ ἀνέστησαν παίζειν.

LXX

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.

ASV

וַ/יַּשְׁכִּ֨ימוּ֙ מִֽ/מָּחֳרָ֔ת וַ/יַּעֲל֣וּ עֹלֹ֔ת וַ/יַּגִּ֖שׁוּ שְׁלָמִ֑ים וַ/יֵּ֤שֶׁב הָ/עָם֙ לֶֽ/אֱכֹ֣ל וְ/שָׁת֔וֹ וַ/יָּקֻ֖מוּ לְ/צַחֵֽק

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

ה
h
verb · 124×
י
y
noun · 1849×
יֹשְׁבֵ֣י
yshby
verb · 1088×
יַּ֥עַל
y'l
verb · 885×
יַּשְׁכֵּ֨ם
yshkm
verb · 65×
יָּ֣קָם
yqm
verb · 626×
ם
m
verb · 811×
מָּחֳרָ֔ת
mchrt
noun · 31×
עֹלָ֖ה
'lh
noun · 288×
צַחֵֽק
tschq
verb · 13×
שְׁתּ֖וֹת
shtvt
verb · 216×
שְּׁלָמִים֮
shlmym
noun · 87×

Intertextual echoes

Quoted or echoed by 1 later passage.

  • 1Cor 10:7 · exact_quote
    "Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play."
    Exodus: the people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§2577From this intimacy with the faithful God, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love,23 Moses drew strength and determination for his intercession. He does not pray for himself but for the people whom God made his own. Moses already intercedes for them during the battle with the Amalekites and prays to obtain healing for Miriam.24 But it is chiefly after their apostasy that …
The sins of the men of old time, which incurred the displeasure of God, were, by His providence, committed to writing, that we might derive instruction thereby, and not be filled with pride. We must not, therefore, infer that there was another God than He whom Christ preached; we should rather fear, lest the one and the same God who inflicted punishment on the ancients, should …

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 10:7 — Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.
  • 1Cor 10:7 — Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.
  • Acts 7:41 — And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.
  • Deut 31:16 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, a
  • Exod 32:17 — 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.
  • Lev 1:3 — If his offering be a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish: he shall offer it of his own voluntary will at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD.
  • Num 25:2 — And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.