Exodus 32:4

New American Bible - revised edition

He received their offering, and fashioning it with a tool, made a molten calf. Then they cried out, “These are your gods, Israel, who brought you up from the land of Egypt.”

Cross References

1 Kings 12:28

The king took counsel, made two calves of gold, and said to the people: “You have been going up to Jerusalem long enough. Here are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up from the land of Egypt.”

1 Kings 12:32

Jeroboam established a feast in the eighth month on the fifteenth day of the month like the pilgrimage feast in Judah, and he went up to the altar. He did this in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves he had made. He stationed in Bethel the priests of the high places he had built.

2 Kings 10:20

Jehu said further, “Proclaim a solemn assembly in honor of Baal.” They did so,

2 Kings 10:29

However, Jehu did not desist from the sins which Jeroboam, son of Nebat, had caused Israel to commit, the golden calves at Bethel and at Dan.

2 Chronicles 11:15

In their place, he himself appointed priests for the high places as well as for the satyrs and calves he had made.

2 Chronicles 13:8

But now, do you think you are a match for the kingdom of the Lord led by the descendants of David, simply because you are a huge multitude and have with you the golden calves which Jeroboam made you for gods?

Nehemiah 9:18

Though they made for themselves a molten calf, and proclaimed, ‘Here is your God who brought you up from Egypt,’ and were guilty of great insults,

Exodus 20:2

I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

Exodus 20:23

You shall not make alongside of me gods of silver, nor shall you make for yourselves gods of gold.

Exodus 20:4

You shall not make for yourself an idol or a likeness of anything in the heavens above or on the earth below or in the waters beneath the earth;

Exodus 28:11

As a gem-cutter engraves a seal, so shall you have the two stones engraved with the names of the sons of Israel and then mounted in gold filigree work.

Exodus 28:9

Get two onyx stones and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel:

Exodus 32:1

When the people saw that Moses was 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; as for that man Moses who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him.”

Exodus 32:24

So I told them, ‘Whoever is wearing gold, take it off.’ They gave it to me, and I threw it into the fire, and this calf came out.”

Exodus 32:3

So all the people took off their earrings and brought them to Aaron.

Exodus 32:35

Thus the Lord struck the people for making the calf, the one that Aaron made.

Exodus 32:5

On seeing this, Aaron built an altar in front of the calf and proclaimed, “Tomorrow is a feast of the Lord.”

Exodus 32:7

Then the Lord said to Moses: Go down at once because your people, whom you brought out of the land of Egypt, have acted corruptly.

Exodus 32:8

They have quickly turned aside from the way I commanded them, making for themselves a molten calf and bowing down to it, sacrificing to it and crying out, “These are your gods, Israel, who brought you up from the land of Egypt!”

Isaiah 30:22

You shall defile your silver-plated idols and your gold-covered images; You shall throw them away like filthy rags, you shall say, “Get out!”

Isaiah 46:6

There are those who pour out gold from a purse and weigh out silver on the scales; They hire a goldsmith to make it into a god before which they bow down in worship.

Ezekiel 23:8

She did not abandon the prostitution she had begun with the Egyptians, who had lain with her when she was young, fondling her virgin breasts and pouring out their lust upon her.

Hosea 10:5

The inhabitants of Samaria are afraid for the calf of Beth-aven; Its people mourn for it and its idolatrous priests wail over it, —over its glory which has departed from it.

Hosea 13:2

Now they continue to sin, making for themselves molten images, Silver idols according to their skill, all of them the work of artisans. “To these, offer sacrifice,” they say. People kiss calves!

Acts 17:29

Since therefore we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the divinity is like an image fashioned from gold, silver, or stone by human art and imagination.

Acts 7:41

So they made a calf in those days, offered sacrifice to the idol, and reveled in the works of their hands.

1 Corinthians 10:7

And do not become idolaters, as some of them did, as it is written, “The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to revel.”

Deuteronomy 9:16

I saw how you had sinned against the Lord, your God, by making for yourselves a molten calf. You had already turned aside from the way which the Lord had commanded you.

Judges 8:24

Gideon went on to say, “Let me make a request of you. Give me, each of you, a ring from his spoils.” (Since they were Ishmaelites, the enemy had gold rings.)

Judges 8:27

Gideon made an ephod out of the gold and placed it in his city, Ophrah. All Israel prostituted themselves there, and it became a snare to Gideon and his household.