Catholic Public Domain Version
"Therefore, Moses, seeing that the people were naked (for Aaron had stripped them because of the disgrace of their sordidness, and he had set them naked among their enemies), "
— Exodus 32:25, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And when Moses saw that the people were naked; (for Aaron had made them naked unto their shame among their enemies:)”
“And when Moses saw that the people were broken loose, (for Aaron had let them loose for a derision among their enemies,) ”
“When Moses saw that the people had broken loose, (for Aaron had let them loose for a derision among their enemies),”
“Moses saw that the people were running wild, for Aaron had let them get completely out of control, causing derision from their enemies.”
“And when Moses saw that the people were naked, (for Aaron had stripped them by occasion of the shame of the filth, and had set them naked among their enemies)”
“And Moses saw that the people were out of control, for Aaron had let them loose to their shame before their haters:”
“And when Moses saw that the people were naked; (for Aaron had made them naked unto their shame among their enemies:)”
And he answered him: “Let not my lord be indignant. For you know this people, that they are prone to evil.
They said to me: ‘Make gods for us, who may go before us. For this Moses, who led us away from the land of Egypt, we do not know what has befallen him.’
And I said to them, ‘Which of you has gold?’ And they took it and gave it to me. And I threw it into the fire, and this calf came out.”
Therefore, Moses, seeing that the people were naked (for Aaron had stripped them because of the disgrace of their sordidness, and he had set them naked among their enemies),
and standing at the gate of the camp, said: “If anyone is for the Lord, let him join with me.” And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together to him.
And he said to them: “Thus says the Lord God of Israel: Let a man place his sword at his thigh. Go forth, and then return, from gate to gate, through the midst of the camp, and let each one kill his brother, and friend, and neighbor.”
And the sons of Levi did according to the words of Moses, and there fell on that day about twenty-three thousand men.