<n id="1" /><p class="bodytext">Then Pharaoh quickly<n id="2" /> summoned Moses and Aaron and said, &#8220;I have sinned<n id="3" /> against the <sc>Lordsc> your God and against you!

The <sc>Lordsc> said to Moses, &#8220;Whoever has sinned against me &#8211; that person I will wipe out of my book.

No straw is given to your servants, but we are told,<n id="1" /> &#8216;Make bricks!&#8217; Your servants are even<n id="2" /> being beaten, but the fault<n id="3" /> is with your people.&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">So Pharaoh sent and summoned Moses and Aaron and said to them, &#8220;I have sinned this time!<n id="1" /> The <sc>Lordsc> is righteous, and I and my people are guilty.<n id="2" />

When Pharaoh saw<n id="1" /> that the rain and hail and thunder ceased, he sinned again:<n id="2" /> both he and his servants hardened<n id="3" /> their hearts.

They must not live in your land, lest they make you sin against me, for if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare<n id="1" /> to you.&#8221;p>

Every day you are to prepare a bull for a purification offering<n id="1" /> for atonement.<n id="2" /> You are to purge<n id="3" /> the altar by making atonement<n id="4" /> for it, and you are to anoint it to set it apart as holy.

<p class="bodytext">The next day Moses said to the people,<n id="1" /> &#8220;You have committed a very serious sin,<n id="2" /> but now I will go up to the <sc>Lordsc> &#8211; perhaps I can make atonement<n id="3" /> on behalf of your sin.&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">So Moses returned to the <sc>Lordsc> and said, &#8220;Alas, this people has committed a very serious sin,<n id="1" /> and they have made for themselves gods of gold.

Moses said to the people, &#8220;Do not fear, for God has come to test you,<n id="1" /> that the fear of him<n id="2" /> may be before you so that you do not<n id="3" /> sin.&#8221;