Thematic Bible: Calf of gold


Thematic Bible



And they rose early on the morrow, and offered burnt-offerings, and brought peace-offerings: and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play. Verse ConceptsGluttonyFellowship OfferingFeastingAmusementsBurnt offeringPagansSittingRising EarlyRecreationRevelrySitting In FellowshipThose Who Rose EarlyEating And DrinkingFood Offered To IdolsEarly RisingRoses

And when Moses saw that the people were naked (for Aaron had made them naked to their shame, among their enemies:) Verse ConceptsAmusementsdisgraceShameDegradationPeople Stripping PeopleShame Of Bad Conductvulnerability


And he said, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome: but the noise of them that sing do I hear. And it came to pass as soon as he came nigh to the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses's anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables from his hands, and broke them beneath the mount.

And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said to the people, Ye have sinned a great sin: and now I will go up to the LORD; it may be I shall make an atonement for your sin. And Moses returned to the LORD, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold. Yet now, if thou wilt, forgive their sin: and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written. read more.
And the LORD said to Moses, Whoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book. Therefore now go, lead the people to the place of which I have spoken to thee: Behold, my angel shall go before thee: Nevertheless, in the day when I visit, I will visit their sin upon them.

And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast forth from the land of Egypt, with great power, and with mighty hand? Why should the Egyptians speak and say, For evil 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, and repent of this evil against thy people. Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel thy servants, to whom thou sworest by thine own self, and saidst to them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give to your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever. read more.
And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do to his people.

And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and forty nights: I neither ate bread, nor drank water, because of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. (For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure with which the LORD was wroth against you to destroy you.) But the LORD hearkened to me at that time also. And the LORD was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him: and I prayed for Aaron also at the same time.

Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation. Verse ConceptsGod Will Be AngryIsrael Hardened

Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven: and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they. Verse ConceptsOblivionGod Might Kill His People

(For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure with which the LORD was wroth against you to destroy you.) But the LORD hearkened to me at that time also. Verse ConceptsDispleasureGod Might Kill His PeopleGod Will Be AngryThose Frightened Of God

They have turned aside quickly from the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshiped it, and have sacrificed to it, and said, These are thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt. Verse ConceptsBowingRenunciationWhat Is Not GodBringing Israel Out Of EgyptOthers Bringing Israel Out Of EgyptWork Soon DoneWorshipping Material Things

And I looked, and behold, ye had sinned against the LORD your God, and had made you a molten calf: ye had turned aside quickly from the way which the LORD had commanded you. Verse ConceptsGolden CalvesGod's People Sinning

And the LORD said to me, Arise, go down quickly from hence; for thy people which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have corrupted themselves; they are quickly turned aside from the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten image. Verse ConceptsConversion, God's demands forSin, Nature OfMan Going Down


And I took the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and broke them before your eyes. Verse ConceptsSplitting RocksTwo Stone Tablets

And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strewed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it. Verse ConceptsRepulsive FoodBurning Idolatrous ThingsWaters DividedGrandmothers

And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small, even until it was as small as dust: and I cast the dust of it into the brook that descended from the mount. Verse ConceptsCrushingGrindingDestruction Of Satan's WorksBurning Idolatrous Things

And the LORD afflicted the people, because they made the calf which Aaron made. Verse ConceptsAaron, Life EventsCalf worshipAngels as agents of judgmentRetributionAnger Of God, Examples OfGod Harmed Them

Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the LORD'S side? let him come to me. And all the sons of Levi assembled themselves to him. And he said to them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbor. And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men. read more.
For Moses had said, Consecrate yourselves to-day to the LORD, even every man upon his son, and upon his brother; that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day.

And Moses said to Aaron, What did this people to thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them? Verse ConceptsAaron, Sins OfThe Saints, Without OffenceWhat Do They Do?

And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said to the people, Ye have sinned a great sin: and now I will go up to the LORD; it may be I shall make an atonement for your sin. And Moses returned to the LORD, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold.

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 are thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt. Verse ConceptsAaron, Life EventsArts And Crafts, Types ofMaterialism, As An Aspect Of SinSculptureToolsIdolsWorldly Pleasures, Nature OfProclaimingGolden CalvesWhat Is Not GodBringing Israel Out Of EgyptOthers Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

They made a calf in Horeb, and worshiped the molten image.

And they rose early on the morrow, and offered burnt-offerings, and brought peace-offerings: and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play. Verse ConceptsGluttonyFellowship OfferingFeastingAmusementsBurnt offeringPagansSittingRising EarlyRecreationRevelrySitting In FellowshipThose Who Rose EarlyEating And DrinkingFood Offered To IdolsEarly RisingRoses

And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands. Verse ConceptsCalf worshipCalvesIdolatry Consists OfGolden CalvesRejoicing In Evil

Whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt, Verse ConceptsConversion, God's demands forReturning to the oldDesires Of The Heart

And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands. Verse ConceptsCalf worshipCalvesIdolatry Consists OfGolden CalvesRejoicing In Evil

But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness. Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted. Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them: as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.

And the LORD was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him: and I prayed for Aaron also at the same time. Verse ConceptsAaron, Life EventsGod Might Kill His PeoplePraying For SinnersGod Angry With Individuals

And Aaron said to them, Break off the golden ear-rings which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them to me. And all the people broke off the golden ear-rings which were in their ears, and brought them to Aaron.

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 are thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt. And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To-morrow is a feast to the LORD.

They forgot God their savior, who had done great things in Egypt;

And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mount, the people assembled themselves to Aaron, and said to him, Arise, make us gods which shall go before us: for as for this Moses, the man that brought us out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him. Verse ConceptsGoadsdoubt, results ofImpatienceMonotonyAaron, Sins OfAaron, CharacterGod Going BeforePeople Who DelayedBringing Israel Out Of EgyptOthers Bringing Israel Out Of EgyptWaiting For God's Timingcats

And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mount, the people assembled themselves to Aaron, and said to him, Arise, make us gods which shall go before us: for as for this Moses, the man that brought us out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him. Verse ConceptsGoadsdoubt, results ofImpatienceMonotonyAaron, Sins OfAaron, CharacterGod Going BeforePeople Who DelayedBringing Israel Out Of EgyptOthers Bringing Israel Out Of EgyptWaiting For God's Timingcats

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 are thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt. Verse ConceptsAaron, Life EventsArts And Crafts, Types ofMaterialism, As An Aspect Of SinSculptureToolsIdolsWorldly Pleasures, Nature OfProclaimingGolden CalvesWhat Is Not GodBringing Israel Out Of EgyptOthers Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To-morrow is a feast to the LORD. Verse ConceptsProclamationsMan's Action TomorrowBuilding AltarsFestivals Observed