Thematic Bible: Was made
Thematic Bible
Calf of gold » Was made » After an egyptian model
Our ancestors were unwilling to obey him, but pushed him away, and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.
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They even made a calf in those days, offered sacrifice to the idol, and were celebrating what their hands had made.
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Calf of gold » Was made » Of the ornaments of the women, &c
Then Aaron replied to them, "Take off the gold rings that are on the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters and bring [them] to me." So all the people took off the gold rings that were on their ears and brought [them] to Aaron.
Calf of gold » Was made » To represent God
He took [the gold] from their hands, fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made it into an image of a calf. Then they said, "Israel, this is your God, who brought you up from the land of Egypt!" When Aaron saw [this], he built an altar before it; then he made an announcement: "There will be a festival to the Lord tomorrow."
Calf of gold » Was made » To go before the congregation
When the people saw that Moses delayed in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said to him, “Come, make us a god who will go before us because this Moses, the man who brought us up from the land of Egypt—we don’t know what has happened to him!”
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