Exodus 32:8

New Century Version

They have quickly turned away from the things I commanded them to do. They have made for themselves a calf covered with gold, and they have worshiped it and offered sacrifices to it. They have said, ‘Israel, these are your gods who brought you out of Egypt.’ ”

Cross References

1 Kings 12:28

King Jeroboam asked for advice. Then he made two golden calves. “It is too long a journey for you to go to Jerusalem to worship,” he said to the people. “Israel, here are your gods who brought you out of Egypt.”

Exodus 20:23

You must not use gold or silver to make idols for yourselves; do not worship these gods in addition to me.

Deuteronomy 9:16

When I looked, I saw you had sinned against the Lord your God and had made an idol in the shape of a calf. You had quickly turned away from what the Lord had told you to do.

Judges 2:17

But the Israelites did not listen to their judges. They were not faithful to God but worshiped other gods instead. Their ancestors had obeyed the Lord’s commands, but they quickly turned away and did not obey.

Exodus 22:20

“Destroy completely any person who makes a sacrifice to any god except the Lord.

Exodus 32:4

He took the gold from the people and formed it with a tool and made a statue of a calf. Then the people said, “Israel, these are your gods who brought you out of the land of Egypt!”

Exodus 34:15

“Be careful that you don’t make an agreement with the people who live in that land. When they worship their gods, they will invite you to join them. Then you will eat their sacrifices.

Leviticus 17:7

They must not offer any more sacrifices to their goat idols, which they have chased like prostitutes. These rules will continue for people from now on.’

Deuteronomy 9:12

Then the Lord told me, “Get up and go down quickly from here, because the people you brought out from Egypt are ruining themselves. They have quickly turned away from what I commanded and have made an idol for themselves.”

Deuteronomy 32:17

They made sacrifices to demons, not God, to gods they had never known, new gods from nearby, gods your ancestors did not fear.

Psalm 78:36

But their words were false, and their tongues lied to him.

Joshua 22:15

These leaders went to Gilead to talk to the people of Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh. They said:

Judges 8:24

He said, “I want you to do this one thing for me. I want each of you to give me a gold earring from the things you took in the fighting.” (The Ishmaelites wore gold earrings.)

Nehemiah 9:18

Our ancestors even made an idol of a calf for themselves. They said, ‘This is your god, Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.’ They spoke against you.

Psalm 106:19

The people made a gold calf at Mount Sinai and worshiped a metal statue.

Isaiah 46:6

Some people are rich with gold and weigh their silver on the scales. They hire a goldsmith, and he makes it into a god. Then they bow down and worship it.

Jeremiah 31:32

It will not be like the agreement I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand to bring them out of Egypt. I was a husband to them, but they broke that agreement,” says the Lord.