Thematic Bible: Making of
Thematic Bible
Calf of gold » Making of » Excited wrath against israel
Now do not get in my way, for my wrath is burning against them; I will send destruction on them, but of you I will make a great nation.
Let me send destruction on them till their very name is cut off; and I will make of you a nation greater and stronger than they.
For I was full of fear because of the wrath of the Lord which was burning against you, with your destruction in view. But again the Lord's ear was open to my prayer.
Calf of gold » Making of » A turning aside from the divine command
Even now they are turned away from the rule I gave them, and have made themselves a metal ox and given worship to it and offerings, saying, This is your god, O Israel, who took you up out of the land of Egypt.
And I saw that you had done evil against the Lord, and had made for yourselves a metal image of a young ox: you had quickly been turned from the way in which the Lord had given you orders to go.
And the Lord said to me, Get up now, and go down quickly from this place; for the people you have taken out of Egypt have given themselves over to evil; they have quickly been turned from the way in which I gave them orders to go; they have made themselves a metal image.
Calf of gold » Making of » Caused moses to break the tables of the testimony
And when he came near the tents he saw the image of the ox, and the people dancing; and in his wrath Moses let the stones go from his hands, and they were broken at the foot of the mountain.
Calf of gold » Making of » Israel punished for
And the Lord sent punishment on the people because they gave worship to the ox which Aaron made.
Then Moses took his place at the way into the tents, and said, Whoever is on the Lord's side, let him come to me. And all the sons of Levi came together to him. And he said to them, This is the word of the Lord, the God of Israel: Let every man take his sword at his side, and go from one end of the tents to the other, putting to death his brother and his friend and his neighbour. And the sons of Levi did as Moses said; and about three thousand of the people were put to death that day. read more.
And Moses said, You have made yourselves priests to the Lord this day; for every one of you has made the offering of his son and his brother; the blessing of the Lord is on you this day.
And Moses said, You have made yourselves priests to the Lord this day; for every one of you has made the offering of his son and his brother; the blessing of the Lord is on you this day.
Calf of gold » Making of » A very great sin
And Moses said to Aaron, What did the people do to you that you let this great sin come on them?
And on the day after, Moses said to the people, Great has been your sin: but I will go up to the Lord, and see if I may get forgiveness for your sin. Then Moses went back to the Lord and said, This people has done a great sin, making themselves a god of gold;
Calf of gold » Making of » Excited wrath against aaron
And the Lord, in his wrath, would have put Aaron to death: and I made prayer for Aaron at the same time.
Calf of gold » Making of » A forgetting of God
They had no memory of God their saviour, who had done great things in Egypt;