Exodus 32:4

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Exodus 32:4

He took this from their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool and made it into a molten calf; and they said, “This is your god, O Israel, who brought you up from the land of Egypt.”

Deuteronomy 9:16

And I saw that you had indeed sinned against the Lord your God. You had made for yourselves a molten calf; you had turned aside quickly from the way which the Lord had commanded you.

Nehemiah 9:18

“Even when they made for themselves
A calf of molten metal
And said, ‘This is your God
Who brought you up from Egypt,’
And committed great blasphemies,

Acts 7:41

At that time they made a calf and brought a sacrifice to the idol, and were rejoicing in the works of their hands.

They have quickly turned aside from the way which I commanded them. They have made for themselves a molten calf, and have worshiped it and have sacrificed to it and said, ‘This is your god, O Israel, who brought you up from the land of Egypt!’”

Judges 17:3-4

He then returned the eleven hundred pieces of silver to his mother, and his mother said, “I wholly dedicate the silver from my hand to the Lord for my son to make a graven image and a molten image; now therefore, I will return them to you.”

1 Kings 12:28

So the king consulted, and made two golden calves, and he said to them, “It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem; behold your gods, O Israel, that brought you up from the land of Egypt.”

Exodus 20:2

“I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

Exodus 20:23

You shall not make other gods besides Me; gods of silver or gods of gold, you shall not make for yourselves.

Exodus 28:9

You shall take two onyx stones and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel,

Exodus 28:11

As a jeweler engraves a signet, you shall engrave the two stones according to the names of the sons of Israel; you shall set them in filigree settings of gold.

Exodus 32:1

Now when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, the people assembled about Aaron and said to him, “Come, make us a god who will go before us; as for this Moses, the man who brought us up from the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.”

1 Kings 12:32

Jeroboam instituted a feast in the eighth month on the fifteenth day of the month, like the feast which is in Judah, and he went up to the altar; thus he did in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves which he had made. And he stationed in Bethel the priests of the high places which he had made.

2 Kings 10:29

However, as for the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made Israel sin, from these Jehu did not depart, even the golden calves that were at Bethel and that were at Dan.

2 Chronicles 11:15

He set up priests of his own for the high places, for the satyrs and for the calves which he had made.

2 Chronicles 13:8

“So now you intend to resist the kingdom of the Lord through the sons of David, being a great multitude and having with you the golden calves which Jeroboam made for gods for you.

Psalm 106:19-21

They made a calf in Horeb
And worshiped a molten image.

Isaiah 40:18-19

To whom then will you liken God?
Or what likeness will you compare with Him?

Isaiah 44:9-10

Those who fashion a graven image are all of them futile, and their precious things are of no profit; even their own witnesses fail to see or know, so that they will be put to shame.

Isaiah 46:6

“Those who lavish gold from the purse
And weigh silver on the scale
Hire a goldsmith, and he makes it into a god;
They bow down, indeed they worship it.

Hosea 8:4-5

They have set up kings, but not by Me;
They have appointed princes, but I did not know it.
With their silver and gold they have made idols for themselves,
That they might be cut off.

Hosea 10:5

The inhabitants of Samaria will fear
For the calf of Beth-aven.
Indeed, its people will mourn for it,
And its idolatrous priests will cry out over it,
Over its glory, since it has departed from it.

Hosea 13:2

And now they sin more and more,
And make for themselves molten images,
Idols skillfully made from their silver,
All of them the work of craftsmen.
They say of them, “Let the men who sacrifice kiss the calves!”

Acts 17:29

Being then the children of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and thought of man.

Romans 1:21-23

For even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as God or give thanks, but they became futile in their speculations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

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Summary

Exodus 32:4

And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

Fashioned

Acts 17:29

A graving

Exodus 28:9

Calf

Hosea 13:2

These

Romans 1:21

Which brought

Exodus 32:1

Exodus 20:2

General references

Bible References

Fashioned

You shall not make other gods besides Me; gods of silver or gods of gold, you shall not make for yourselves.

And I saw that you had indeed sinned against the Lord your God. You had made for yourselves a molten calf; you had turned aside quickly from the way which the Lord had commanded you.

They made a calf in Horeb
And worshiped a molten image.

Those who fashion a graven image are all of them futile, and their precious things are of no profit; even their own witnesses fail to see or know, so that they will be put to shame.

“Those who lavish gold from the purse
And weigh silver on the scale
Hire a goldsmith, and he makes it into a god;
They bow down, indeed they worship it.

At that time they made a calf and brought a sacrifice to the idol, and were rejoicing in the works of their hands.

Being then the children of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and thought of man.

A graving

You shall take two onyx stones and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel,

Calf

So the king consulted, and made two golden calves, and he said to them, “It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem; behold your gods, O Israel, that brought you up from the land of Egypt.”

However, as for the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made Israel sin, from these Jehu did not depart, even the golden calves that were at Bethel and that were at Dan.

He set up priests of his own for the high places, for the satyrs and for the calves which he had made.

“So now you intend to resist the kingdom of the Lord

through the sons of David, being a great multitude and having with you the golden calves which Jeroboam made for gods for you.

They have set up kings, but not by Me;

They have appointed princes, but I did not know it.
With their silver and gold they have made idols for themselves,
That they might be cut off.

The inhabitants of Samaria will fear
For the

calf of Beth-aven.

Indeed, its people will mourn for it,
And its idolatrous priests will cry out over it,
Over its glory, since it has departed from it.

And now they sin more and more,
And make for themselves molten images,
Idols

skillfully made from their silver,

All of them the work of craftsmen.
They say of them, “Let the men who sacrifice kiss the calves!”

These

They have quickly turned aside from the way which I commanded them. They have made for themselves a molten calf, and have worshiped it and have sacrificed to it and said, ‘

This is your god, O Israel, who brought you up from the land of Egypt!’”

“Even when they made for themselves
A calf of molten metal
And said, ‘This is your God
Who brought you up from Egypt,’
And committed great blasphemies,

To whom then will you liken God?

Or what likeness will you compare with Him?

For even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as God or give thanks, but they became futile in their speculations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

Which brought

“I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

General references

You shall not make other gods besides Me; gods of silver or gods of gold, you shall not make for yourselves.

For they said to me, ‘Make a god for us who will go before us; for this Moses, the man who brought us up from the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.’

The Lord was angry enough with Aaron to destroy him; so I also prayed for Aaron at the same time.

“Even when they made for themselves
A calf of molten metal
And said, ‘This is your God
Who brought you up from Egypt,’
And committed great blasphemies,

They made a calf in Horeb
And worshiped a molten image.

As for the

idol, a craftsman casts it,

A goldsmith plates it with gold,
And a silversmith fashions chains of silver.