What does the Bible say about calf of gold?
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The Bible teaches that the golden calf was a grave act of idolatry, revealing the human heart’s tendency to forsake the living God for visible, man-made substitutes. When Israel grew impatient for Moses, they gave their gold to Aaron, who fashioned the calf and proclaimed a feast, directly violating God’s covenant commands (Exodus 32:1-5). Psalm 106:20 mourns that they exchanged their glory for an image of an ox, and Acts 7:39, 41 recalls their refusal to obey God. This warning calls believers to worship God alone, trust his timing and appointed means, and flee every rival devotion through faith in Christ.
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- Made on account of the delay of Moses in the mount Exodus 32:1
- Was made
- Of the ornaments of the women, &c Exodus 32:2; Exodus 32:3
- To represent God Exodus 32:4; Exodus 32:5; Psalms 106:20
- After an Egyptian model Acts 7:39; Acts 7:41
- To go before the congregation Exodus 32:1
- Molten in the fire Exodus 32:4; Psalms 106:19
- Fashioned with a graven tool Exodus 32:4
- An altar built before Exodus 32:5
- Sacrifices offered to Exodus 32:6; Acts 7:41
- Worshipped with profane revelry Exodus 32:6; Exodus 32:18; Exodus 32:19; Exodus 32:25; 1 Corinthians 10:7
- Making of
- A very great sin Exodus 32:21; Exodus 32:30; Exodus 32:31
- A forgetting of God Psalms 106:21
- A turning aside from the divine command Exodus 32:8; Deuteronomy 9:12; Deuteronomy 9:16
- Excited wrath against Aaron Deuteronomy 9:20
- Excited wrath against Israel Exodus 32:10; Deuteronomy 9:14; Deuteronomy 9:19
- Caused Moses to break the tables of the testimony Exodus 32:19; Deuteronomy 9:17
- Israel punished for Exodus 32:26-29; Exodus 32:35
- Moses interceded for those who worshipped Exodus 32:11-14; Exodus 32:30-34; Deuteronomy 9:18-20
- Destroyed by Moses Exodus 32:20; Deuteronomy 9:21
- Punishment of those who worshipped a warning to others 1 Corinthians 10:5-7
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