Thematic Bible: Making of
Thematic Bible
Calf of gold » Making of » Excited wrath against israel
Now let me alone so that my anger may burn against them and that I may consume them, but I'll make a great nation of you."
Let me alone! I will destroy them and blot out their name under heaven. Then I'll make you into a nation that will be mighty and more numerous than they are.'
I feared the anger and wrath of the LORD against you, because he was irate enough to destroy you. But the LORD also listened to me at that time.
Calf of gold » Making of » A turning aside from the divine command
They have been quick to turn aside from the way I commanded them, and they have made for themselves a molten calf. They have bowed down to it in worship, they have offered sacrifices to it, and they have said, "This, Israel, is your god who brought you out of the land of Egypt.'"
Then I saw how you had really sinned against the LORD your God! You had made for yourselves a calf, a cast idol. You had turned aside quickly from the way that the LORD your God had commanded.
"Then the LORD told me, "Get going! Go down from here at once! Your people whom you brought out of Egypt have become corrupt. They have turned quickly from the way that I commanded them, and have cast an idol for their use.'
Calf of gold » Making of » Caused moses to break the tables of the testimony
As Moses approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, he became angry. He threw the tablets from his hands and shattered them at the base of the mountain.
So I grabbed the two tablets and then threw them out of my hands, breaking them before your eyes.
Calf of gold » Making of » Israel punished for
Then the LORD sent a plague on the people because they made the calf (the one Aaron made).
he stood in the gate of the camp and called out: "Whoever is for the LORD come over to me," and all the sons of Levi gathered around him. He told them, "This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says, "Every man put his sword on his thigh, and go back and forth from gate to gate in the camp, and each of you kill his brother and friend and neighbor.'" The descendants of Levi did just as Moses told them, and about 3,000 people died that day. read more.
Moses said, "You have been ordained to serve the LORD today, and you have brought a blessing on yourselves today because every man opposed his son or brother."
Moses said, "You have been ordained to serve the LORD today, and you have brought a blessing on yourselves today because every man opposed his son or brother."
Calf of gold » Making of » A very great sin
Then Moses asked Aaron, "What did this people do to you that you brought such great sin upon them?"
The next day Moses told the people, "You committed a great sin, and now I'll go up to the LORD, and perhaps I can make atonement for your sin." Moses returned to the LORD and said, "Please, LORD, this people committed a great sin by making a god of gold for themselves.
Calf of gold » Making of » Excited wrath against aaron
It was as had been the case with Aaron, the LORD was very angry and about to destroy him, but I prayed for Aaron at that time.
Calf of gold » Making of » A forgetting of God
They forgot God their Savior, who performed great things in Egypt