Bible Verses About "What Is the Golden Calf"
The golden calf was the idol Aaron made for Israel while Moses was on Mount Sinai, provoking God's wrath and resulting in three thousand deaths.
The golden calf was the idol Aaron made for Israel while Moses was on Mount Sinai, provoking God's wrath and resulting in three thousand deaths.
"And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt." — Exodus 32:4 (KJV)
KJV Verses That Answer This Question
The Scriptures below are gathered specifically to address "What Is the Golden Calf?" Each is quoted in the King James Version with a link to its full chapter.
"And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt."
"And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount. And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strawed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it."
"And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men."
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