30 Bible Verses about Calves
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And Aaron will say to them, Break off the gold ear-rings which are in the ears of your wives, your sons and your daughters, and bring to me. And all the people will break off the gold ear-rings which are in their ears, and they will bring to Aaron. And he will take from their hand, and will form it with a graver, and he will make it a molten calf: and they will say, These thy gods, Israel, who brought thee up from the land of Egyptread more.
And Aaron will see, and he will build an altar before it; and Aaron will call and say, A festival to Jehovah tomorrow. And they will rise early early on the morrow, and they will raise up a burnt-offering, and they will bring near peace; and the people will sit down to eat and drink, and they will rise up to play. And Jehovah will speak to Moses, Go, descend: for thy people were corrupted whom thou didst bring up out of the land of Egypt For they turned aside quickly from the way which I commanded them: they made for them a molten calf, and worship to it, and will sacrifice to it, and will say, These thy gods, Israel, which raised thee up out of the land of Egypt
And the king will consult and make two calves of gold, and he will say to them, Much for you going up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt And he will set up the one in the house of God, and the one he gave in Dan.
And it will be when he drew near to the camp, and he will see the calf and the lute: and the wrath of Moses will kindle, and he will cast the tables out of his hand, and he will break them under the mount And he will take the calf which they made, and will burn it in fire, and which he will crush even to small dust, and will scatter upon the face of the water, and will give the sons of Israel to drink. And Moses will say to Aaron, What did this people to thee that thou didst bring upon it a great sin?read more.
And Aaron will say, The wrath of my lord shall not kindle: thou knowest the people that it is in sin. And they will say to me; Make to us gods which shall go before us: for this Moses, the man who brought us up from the land of Egypt, we knew not what was to him. And I said to them, To whom is gold, he shall break it off. And they will give it to me, and I shall cast it into the fire and this calf will come out
And I shall see, and behold, ye sinned against Jehovah your God; ye made to you a molten calf; ye turned aside quickly from the way which Jehovah commanded you. And I shall lay hold upon the two tables and I shall cast them from out of my two hands, and shall break them before your eyes. And I shall fall down before Jehovah as at the first; forty days and forty nights I ate not bread and I drank not water on account of all your sins that ye sinned to do evil in the eyes of Jehovah to provoke himread more.
For I was afraid from the face of the anger and emotion with which Jehovah was angry against you to destroy you. And Jehovah will hear to me also in this time. And with Aaron Jehovah was greatly angry to destroy him: and I shall pray also for Aaron in that time. And the sin that ye made, the calf, I took and I shall burn it with fire, and beat it, and grinding small till it was beat small to dust: and I shall cast its dust into the torrent going down from the mount.
And Jehu will destroy Baal out of Israel. But the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin, Johu turned not away from after them, the calves of gold which were in the house of God and which were in Dan.
And they will forsake all the commands of Jehovah their God, and make to them a molten thing, two Calves; and they will make images, and they will worship to all the army of the heavens, and serve Baal.
And he will set up to him priests for the heights, for the wood-demons, and for the calves which he made.
And they and our fathers acted proudly, and they will harden their neck, and will not hear to thy commands, And they will refuse to hear, and they will not remember thy wonders which thou didst with them; and they will harden their necks, and they will give a head to turn back to their servitude in their perverseness: and thou a God of forgivenesses, merciful and compassionate, slow to anger and great of mercy, and thou didst not forsake them. Also when they made to them a molten calf, and they will say, This thy God which brought thee up from Egypt; and they will make great reproaches;
They will make a calf in Horeb, and they will worship to the molten image. And they will change their glory into the likeness of an ox eating grass.
Thy calf rejected, O Shomeron; mine anger was kindled against them: how long shall they not be able to be clean? For from Israel, and this workman made it, and it is not God: for the calf of Shomeron shall be broken in pieces.
For the calves of the house of vanity they shall fear dwelling in Shomeron: for his people mourned over it, and his priests will exult over it, for its glory, for it was removed from it
And now they will add to sin, and they will make to them a molten image of their silver, in their understanding images the work of artificers all of it: they saying to them, The men sacrificing shall kiss the calves.
And they made a calf in those days, and brought up a sacrifice to the image, and rejoiced in the works of their hands.
With what shall I come before Jehovah? I will bow to the high God; shall I come before him with burnt-offerings, with calves, the sons of a year?
And it shall be in the eighth day, Moses called to Aaron and to his sons, and to the old men of Israel. And he will say to Aaron, Take to thee a calf, the son of a cow, for sin, and a blameless ram for a burnt offering, and bring before Jehovah. And to the sons of Israel thou shalt speak, saying, Take ye a he goat of the goats for sin; and a calf and a lamb, sons of a year, blameless, for a burnt-offering;read more.
And a bullock and a ram for peace, for a sacrifice before Jehovah; and a gift mingled in oil: for the day of Jehovah was seen to you.
And it will be announced to king David, saying, Jehovah blessed the house of Obed-Edom and all which is to him, on account of the ark of God. And David will go and bring up the ark of God from the house of Obed-Edom to the city of David with joy. And it will be when they lifting up the ark of Jehovah went six steps, and he will sacrifice oxen and fat things.
And Adonijah will sacrifice sheep and oxen and the fatling, by the stone of Zoheleth, which is next the fountain of the fuller, and he will call all his brethren the king's sons, and for all the men of Judah the king's servants: And Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty, and Solomon his brother, he called not
And Christ being present, a chief priest of good things about to be, by a greater and more perfect tent, not made with hands, that is; not of this creation; Neither by the blood of he-goats and calves, and by his own blood he went in once for all to the holies, having found eternal deliverance.
And the father said to his servants, Bring out the first robe, and clothe him; and give a ring for his hand, and shoes for the feet: And having brought the fatted calf, sacrifice, and eating, let us be gladdened.
And Abraham will hasten to the tent to Sarah, and will say, Hasten thou measures of the finest flour; knead and make cakes. And Abraham running to the oxen, will take the son of a cow, tender and good, and will give to the youth, and he will hasten to do it And he will take curdled milk, and new milk, and the son of the cow which he did, and he will give before their face; and he stood by them under the tree, and they shall eat
And they will strike the rovers in that day, from Michmash to the oak: and the people were greatly wearied. And the people will make to the spoil, and they will take sheep and oxen, and the young of oxen, and they will slaughter on the earth: and the people will eat upon the blood.
And to the woman a calf of the stall in the house; she will haste and sacrifice it, and take flour and knead and bake it unleavened. And she will bring near before Saul, and before his servants; and they will eat, and rise and go away in that night.
Hearing, I heard Ephraim being thrust away: Thou didst correct me, and I shall be corrected as a calf not being taught: turn me back and I shall be turned back, for thou Jehovah my God.
And to you fearing my name the sun of justice arose, and healing in his wings; and ye went forth and spread as calves of the stall.
And he will cause them to leap as a calf; Lebanon and Sirion as the son of buffaloes.
Rebuke the beasts of the reed, the assembly of the strong ones, with the heifers of the peoples, prostrating themselves with pieces of salver: scatter the peoples, they will delight in wars.
And I gave the men passing by my covenant who raised not up the words of the covenant which they cut out before me, the calf which they cut in two, and they will pass through between its parts.
Egypt a heifer, fair of mouth; destruction came; from the north it came. Also her hirelings in the midst of her as calves of the stall; for also they turned, they fled together: they stood not, for the day of their calamity came upon them, the time of their reviewing.
From Thematic Bible
Animals » Names of » Calves
And Abraham running to the oxen, will take the son of a cow, tender and good, and will give to the youth, and he will hasten to do it
And to the woman a calf of the stall in the house; she will haste and sacrifice it, and take flour and knead and bake it unleavened.
Calves » Illustrative of » Patient endurance
And their feet a straight foot; and the sole of their feet as the sole of a calf's foot; and sparkling as the appearance of polished brass.
And the first living creature like a lion, and the second living creature like a calf, and the third living creature having the face as a man, and the fourth living creature like a spreading eagle.
Calves » The young of the herd
His ox passed over and will not be cast away: his heifer will escape and will not be barren.
And they came and shouted in the height of Zion, and they flowed together to the goodness of Jehovah, for the grain and for the new wine, and for the oil, and for the sons of the flock and the herd: and their soul was as a watered garden, and they shall not add to pine away any more.
Calves » Illustrative of » Sacrifices of praise
Take with you words and turn back to Jehovah: say to him, Thou wilt take away all iniquity, and take good: and we will requite the fruits of our lips.
The disposition exempt from avarice; being contented with present circumstances: for he has said, I will not send thee back, nor forsake thee.
Calves » Fattened in stalls, &c
And to the woman a calf of the stall in the house; she will haste and sacrifice it, and take flour and knead and bake it unleavened.
Calves » When fattened considered a delicacy
And to the woman a calf of the stall in the house; she will haste and sacrifice it, and take flour and knead and bake it unleavened. And she will bring near before Saul, and before his servants; and they will eat, and rise and go away in that night.
Calves » Offered in sacrifice
And he will say to Aaron, Take to thee a calf, the son of a cow, for sin, and a blameless ram for a burnt offering, and bring before Jehovah. And to the sons of Israel thou shalt speak, saying, Take ye a he goat of the goats for sin; and a calf and a lamb, sons of a year, blameless, for a burnt-offering;
Calves » Eaten in the patriarchal age
And Abraham running to the oxen, will take the son of a cow, tender and good, and will give to the youth, and he will hasten to do it And he will take curdled milk, and new milk, and the son of the cow which he did, and he will give before their face; and he stood by them under the tree, and they shall eat
Calves » Fed on » Milk
And the men did so, and they will take two heifers giving milk, and they will make them fast to the wagon, and they shut up their young in the house.
Calves » If first-born not redeemed
But the first-born of a cow, or the first-born of a sheep, or the first-born of a goat, thou shalt not redeem; they are holy: their blood shalt thou pour out upon the altar, and their fat thou shalt burn a sacrifice for an odor of sweetness to Jehovah.
Calves » Fed on » Branches of trees, &c
For the fortified city was separated, the habitation being cast out and forsaken as the desert: there shall the Isaiah 27:calf feed, and there he shall lie down, and there he finished its branches.
Calves » Illustrative of » Saints nourished by grace
And to you fearing my name the sun of justice arose, and healing in his wings; and ye went forth and spread as calves of the stall.
Calves » Playfulness of, alluded to
And he will cause them to leap as a calf; Lebanon and Sirion as the son of buffaloes.
Calves » Of a year old best for sacrifice
With what shall I come before Jehovah? I will bow to the high God; shall I come before him with burnt-offerings, with calves, the sons of a year?
Calves » Names of
And Abraham running to the oxen, will take the son of a cow, tender and good, and will give to the youth, and he will hasten to do it
And to the woman a calf of the stall in the house; she will haste and sacrifice it, and take flour and knead and bake it unleavened.
Topics on Calves
Golden Calves
Exodus 32:13Remember Abraham, Isaak, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou didst swear to them by thyself, and thou wilt speak to them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of the heavens, and all this land which I said, I will give to your seed and they inherited forever.