Exodus 32

I have been reading in the Old Testament lately and today read about Aaron and the golden calf. I was trying to read while Toots was crawling all over me, but one verse caught my eye:

12 Wherefore should the ^aEgyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, ^band ^crepent of this evil against thy people

Upon reading it I immediately knew the words were wrong. I first went back to make sure I had read it correctly. Then read the preceding verses again to make sure it was Moses talking and not God. But once I had confirmed that it was indeed the words of Moses I knew that it wasn't correct.

I looked down in the notes and sure enough there was a Joseph Smith Translation that read:

JST Ex. 32: 12 . . . Turn from thy fierce wrath. Thy people will repent of this evil; therefore come thou not out against them.

That makes so much more sense. And it made me thankful. Thankful for the scriptures that we have. Thankful that we have the words as they were written so that we can see for ourselves and decide for ourselves, and that in addition to the words of the scriptures we have Prophets to lead us and guide us and to help us understand.