Exodus 32:7
And the Lord said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves:
Cross-references
Exodus 32:1 provides the context: the people demanded gods because Moses delayed, leading to the corruption God reports here.
Exodus 32:11 shows Moses interceding after God's declaration, pleading for mercy on the very people God said had corrupted themselves.
In Exodus 33:1, God tells Moses to go up to the promised land, contrasting the 'go down' command in 32:7 — judgment vs restoration.
Exodus 33:13 echoes 'your people' — Moses pleads that they are God's people, not his, directly responding to God's statement in Exodus 32:7.
Exodus 6:26 records God's original command to bring Israel out — now that same people have corrupted themselves, contrasting commission with rebellion.
Exodus 6:27 shows Moses and Aaron speaking to Pharaoh to bring Israel out — now they are told the people have corrupted themselves, a shift from mission to crisis.
In Exodus 19:24, God commands Moses to go down to warn; here the same phrase 'go down' is repeated for judgment — a parallel command.
Deuteronomy 4:16 warns against acting corruptly by making idols—directly applying the lesson of the golden calf corruption here.
Deuteronomy 9:12 recounts the same event with nearly identical wording, emphasizing God's command about the people's corruption.
Ezekiel 20:36 recalls God's judgment on the fathers in the wilderness — directly referencing the era of the golden calf incident, showing it as a pattern.
Genesis 6:11 uses the same Hebrew root for 'corrupt' describing the earth before the flood—a parallel theme of corruption leading to judgment.
Genesis 6:12 repeats the corruption motif, stating all flesh had corrupted their way, mirroring the language used for Israel here.
Deuteronomy 4:25 warns against making carved images and acting corruptly — the same sin as the golden calf in Exodus 32:7, showing it as a pattern.
Deuteronomy 32:5 calls Israel 'corrupt' in Moses' song, using the same Hebrew word to describe their future unfaithfulness.
Judges 2:19 describes later generations as 'more corrupt' than their fathers, repeating the pattern of corruption from this event.
Hosea 9:9 says Israel 'deeply corrupted themselves' as in Gibeah, using the same verb to highlight persistent sinful patterns.