A moment in scripture
Exodus 32:30
And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people, Ye have sinned a great sin: and now I will go up unto the Lord; peradventure I shall make an atonement for your sin.
The surrounding passage
- Exodus 32:28
And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.
- Exodus 32:29
For Moses had said, Consecrate yourselves to day to the Lord, even every man upon his son, and upon his brother; that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day.
- Exodus 32:31
And Moses returned unto the Lord, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold.
- Exodus 32:32
Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin—; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.