Beaten silver is brought from Tarshish and gold from Uphaz. , The work of a craftsman and of a goldsmith’s hands is clothed in blue and purple, all the work of skilled craftsmen.
Those who pour out their bags of gold and weigh out silver on scales – they hire a goldsmith and he makes it into a god. Then they kneel and bow down to it.
He took the gold from them, fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made it into an image of a calf. Then they said, ‘Israel, these are your gods, who brought you up from the land of Egypt! ’