30 The next day Moses said to the people, "You’ve committed a terrible sin. So now I will go up to the Lord. Maybe I can arrange reconciliation on account of your sin."
31 So Moses went back to the Lord and said, "Oh, what a terrible sin these people have committed! They made for themselves gods of gold.
32 But now, please forgive their sin! And if not, then wipe me out of your scroll that you’ve written."
33 But the Lord said to Moses, "The ones I’ll wipe out of my scroll are those who sinned against me.
34 Now go and lead the people to the place I described to you. My messenger here will go in front of you. When the day of reckoning comes, I’ll count their sin against them."
35 Then the Lord sent a plague on the people because of what they did with the bull calf that Aaron made.