Thematic Bible: Worshipped with profane revelry
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Calf of gold » Worshipped with profane revelry
They got up early the next day and offered burnt offerings and brought peace offerings. Then the people sat down to eat and drink, and then they got up to play.
When Moses saw that the people were out of control since Aaron had let them get out of control, something that incited ridicule from their enemies
Let's stop being idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written, "The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to play."
Moses said, "It is not the sound of a victory shout, and it's not the sound of a shout of defeat, but it's the sound of singing that I hear." 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.
Related Topics
- Amusements
- Avoiding Idolatry
- Burnt offering
- Degradation
- Early Rising
- Eating And Drinking
- Feasting
- Fellowship Offering
- Food Offered To Idols
- Gluttony
- Idolatry