Thematic Bible: Making of
Thematic Bible
Calf of gold » Making of » Excited wrath against israel
Now leave Me alone, so that My anger can burn against them and I can destroy them. Then I will make you into a great nation.”
Leave Me alone, and I will destroy them and blot out their name under heaven. Then I will make you into a nation stronger and more numerous than they.’
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I was afraid of the fierce anger the Lord had directed against you, because He was about to destroy you. But again the Lord listened to me on that occasion.
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Calf of gold » Making of » A turning aside from the divine command
They have quickly turned from the way I commanded them; they have made for themselves an image of a calf. They have bowed down to it, sacrificed to it, and said, ‘Israel, this is your God, who brought you up from the land of Egypt.’”
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I saw how you had sinned against the Lord your God; you had made a calf image for yourselves. You had quickly turned from the way the Lord had commanded for you.
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“The Lord said to me, ‘Get up and go down immediately from here. For your people whom you brought out of Egypt have acted corruptly. They have quickly turned from the way that I commanded them; they have made a cast image for themselves.’
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Calf of gold » Making of » Caused moses to break the tables of the testimony
As he approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, Moses became enraged and threw the tablets out of his hands, smashing them at the base of the mountain.
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So I took hold of the two tablets and threw them from my hands, shattering them before your eyes.
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Calf of gold » Making of » Israel punished for
And the Lord inflicted a plague on the people for what they did with the calf Aaron had made.
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And Moses stood at the camp's entrance and said, "Whoever is for the Lord, [come] to me." And all the Levites gathered around him. He told them, "This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says, 'Every man fasten his sword to his side; go back and forth through the camp from entrance to entrance, and each of you kill his brother, his friend, and his neighbor.' " The Levites did as Moses commanded, and about 3,000 men fell dead that day among the people. read more.
Afterwards Moses said, "Today you have been dedicated to the Lord, since each man went against his son and his brother. Therefore you have brought a blessing on yourselves today."
Afterwards Moses said, "Today you have been dedicated to the Lord, since each man went against his son and his brother. Therefore you have brought a blessing on yourselves today."
Calf of gold » Making of » A very great sin
Then Moses asked Aaron, “What did these people do to you that you have led them into such a grave sin?”
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The following day Moses said to the people, "You have committed a great sin. Now I will go up to the Lord; perhaps I will be able to pay for your sin." So Moses returned to the Lord and said, "Oh, this people has committed a great sin; they have made for themselves a god of gold.
Calf of gold » Making of » Excited wrath against aaron
The Lord was angry enough with Aaron to destroy him. But I prayed for Aaron at that time also.
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Calf of gold » Making of » A forgetting of God
who did great things in Egypt,