29. Then Moses said, “Today you have been given for service to the Lord. You were willing to kill your own sons and brothers. And God has blessed you for this.”
30. The next day Moses told the people, “You have done a terrible sin. But now I will go up to the Lord. Maybe I can do something so your sins will be removed. Then you will belong to God again.”
31. So Moses went back to the Lord and said, “How terrible it is! These people have sinned horribly. They have made for themselves gods from gold.
32. Now, forgive them of this sin. If you will not, then erase my name. Erase it from the book in which you have written the names of your people.”
33. But the Lord told Moses, “I will erase from my book the names of the people who sin against me.
34. So now, go. Lead the people where I have told you. My angel will lead you. When the time comes to punish, I will punish them for their sin.”
35. So the Lord caused terrible things to happen to the people. He did this because of what they did with the calf Aaron had made.