Exodus 32:6

“And they rose early on the next day and offered burnt offerings and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to revel.”
Exodus 32:6 · direct translation from the Hebrew

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And they rose earlyוַיַּשְׁכִּימוּon the next dayמִמָּחֳרָתand offeredוַיַּעֲלוּburnt offeringsעֹלֹתand broughtוַיַּגִּשׁוּpeace offerings;שְׁלָמִיםand the peopleוַ הָעָםsat downיֵּשֶׁבto eatלֶאֱכֹלand drink,וְשָׁתוֹand rose upוַיָּקֻמוּto revel.לְצַחֵק

Quotation · 1 Corinthians 10:7

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Paul quotes the second half of Exodus 32:6, the feast before the golden calf.

Formula: ὥσπερ γέγραπται “as it is written” (1 Corinthians 10:7)

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Greek of the New Testament: μηδὲ εἰδωλολάτραι γίνεσθε καθώς τινες αὐτῶν ὥσπερ γέγραπται Ἐκάθισεν ὁ λαὸς φαγεῖν καὶ πεῖν καὶ ἀνέστησαν παίζειν

Hebrew (Masoretic text): וַיַּשְׁכִּימוּ מִמָּחֳרָת וַיַּעֲלוּ עֹלֹת וַיַּגִּשׁוּ שְׁלָמִים וַיֵּשֶׁב הָעָם לֶאֱכֹל וְשָׁתוֹ וַיָּקֻמוּ לְצַחֵק

Septuagint (Exodus 32:6 in the Septuagint numbering): καὶ ὀρθρίσας τῇ ἐπαύριον ἀνεβίβασεν ὁλοκαυτώματα, καὶ προσήνεγκεν θυσίαν ¶ σωτηρίου· καὶ ἐκάθισεν ὁ λαὸς Φαγεῖν καὶ πιεῖν, καὶ ἀνέστησαν παίζειν.

The Greek of the NT matches the Septuagint word for word in 5 consecutive words: “Ἐκάθισεν ὁ λαὸς φαγεῖν καὶ.”

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

Exodus 32:6, word by word

And they rose earlyיַּשְׁכִּימוּyashkimu

rise early

To get up early to do something.

Where else “yashkimu” appears

on the next dayמָּחֳרָתmachorat

next day

The next day, tomorrow.

Where else “machorat” appears

and offeredיַּעֲלוּyaalu

offer up

To burn a sacrifice on the altar; literally "make go up".

Where else “yaalu” appears

burnt offeringsעֹלֹתolot

burnt offering

A sacrifice burned whole on the altar.

Where else “olot” appears

and broughtיַּגִּשׁוּyagishu

bring near

To carry something over, or present a gift.

Where else “yagishu” appears

peace offeringsשְׁלָמִיםshelamim

peace offerings

Peace offering: a sacrifice of which one part was burned for God and the rest was eaten by the one who offered it, as a sign of peace and fellowship with him (Leviticus 3).

Where else “shelamim” appears

and the peopleעָםam

crowd

The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.

Where else “am” appears

sat downיֵּשֶׁבyeshev

sit

To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.

Where else “yeshev” appears

to eatאֱכֹלechol

eat

To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.

Where else “echol” appears

and drinkשָׁתוֹshato

drink

Drink.

Where else “shato” appears

and rose upיָּקֻמוּyakumu

rise

To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.

Where else “yakumu” appears

to revelצַחֵקtsachek

play

To jest, play, fondle.

Where else “tsachek” appears

Translation note

Paul quotes this verse in 1 Corinthians 10:7 as a warning against idolatry.

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Quotation · 1 Corinthians 10:7

Paul quotes the second half of Exodus 32:6, the feast before the golden calf.

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Exodus 32:6

⁶And they rose early on the next day and offered burnt offerings and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to revel.

1 Corinthians 10:7

⁷Do not become idolaters, as some of them were, as it is written: The people sat down to eat and drink, and they rose up to play.

The context

5When Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron proclaimed and said, “A feast to YHWH tomorrow!”

6 · This verse (above)

7And YHWH spoke to Moses, “Go, go down, for your people, whom you brought up out of the land of Egypt, have acted corruptly.

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