Exodus 32:4
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4 (A)And he received the gold from their hand, and he fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made a molded calf.
Then they said, “This is your god, O Israel, that (B)brought you out of the land of Egypt!”
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Nehemiah 9:18
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18 “Even (A)when they made a molded calf for themselves,
And said, ‘This is your god
That brought you up out of Egypt,’
And worked great provocations,
Deuteronomy 9:16
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16 And (A)I looked, and behold, you had sinned against the Lord your God—had made for yourselves a molded calf! You had turned aside quickly from the way which the Lord had commanded you.
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Acts 7:41
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41 (A)And they made a calf in those days, offered sacrifices to the idol, and (B)rejoiced in the works of their own hands.
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Exodus 32:8
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8 They have turned aside quickly out of the way which (A)I commanded them. They have made themselves a molded calf, and worshiped it and sacrificed to it, and said, (B)‘This is your god, O Israel, that brought you out of the land of Egypt!’ ”
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Isaiah 44:9-10
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Idolatry Is Foolishness
9 (A)Those who make an image, all of them are useless,
And their precious things shall not profit;
They are their own witnesses;
(B)They neither see nor know, that they may be ashamed.
10 Who would form a god or mold an image
(C)That profits him nothing?
1 Kings 12:28
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28 Therefore the king asked advice, (A)made two calves of gold, and said to the people, “It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. (B)Here are your gods, O Israel, which brought you up from the land of Egypt!”
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Romans 1:21-23
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21 because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but (A)became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 (B)Professing to be wise, they became fools, 23 and changed the glory of the (C)incorruptible (D)God into an image made like [a]corruptible man—and birds and four-footed animals and creeping things.
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- Romans 1:23 perishable
Hosea 13:2
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2 Now they sin more and more,
And have made for themselves molded images,
Idols of their silver, according to their skill;
All of it is the work of craftsmen.
They say of them,
“Let [a]the men who sacrifice [b]kiss the calves!”
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- Hosea 13:2 Or those who offer human sacrifice
- Hosea 13:2 Worship with kisses
Hosea 8:4-5
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4 “They(A) set up kings, but not by Me;
They made princes, but I did not acknowledge them.
From their silver and gold
They made idols for themselves—
That they might be cut off.
5 Your [a]calf [b]is rejected, O Samaria!
My anger is aroused against them—
(B)How long until they attain to innocence?
Acts 17:29
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29 Therefore, since we are the offspring of God, (A)we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, something shaped by art and man’s devising.
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Hosea 10:5
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5 The inhabitants of Samaria fear
Because of the (A)calf[a] of Beth Aven.
For its people mourn for it,
And [b]its priests shriek for it—
Because its (B)glory has departed from it.
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- Hosea 10:5 Lit. calves, images
- Hosea 10:5 idolatrous priests
Isaiah 46:6
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6 (A)They lavish gold out of the bag,
And weigh silver on the scales;
They hire a (B)goldsmith, and he makes it a god;
They prostrate themselves, yes, they worship.
Isaiah 40:18-19
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18 To whom then will you (A)liken God?
Or what likeness will you compare to Him?
19 (B)The workman molds an image,
The goldsmith overspreads it with gold,
And the silversmith casts silver chains.
Psalm 106:19-21
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19 (A)They made a calf in Horeb,
And worshiped the molded image.
20 Thus (B)they changed their glory
Into the image of an ox that eats grass.
21 They forgot God their Savior,
Who had done great things in Egypt,
2 Chronicles 13:8
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8 And now you think to withstand the kingdom of the Lord, which is in the hand of the sons of David; and you are a great multitude, and with you are the gold calves which Jeroboam (A)made for you as gods.
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2 Chronicles 11:15
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15 (A)Then he appointed for himself priests for the [a]high places, for (B)the demons, and (C)the calf idols which he had made.
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- 2 Chronicles 11:15 Places for pagan worship
Exodus 20:23
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23 You shall not make anything to be (A)with Me—gods of silver or gods of gold you shall not make for yourselves.
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2 Kings 10:29
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29 However Jehu did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who had made Israel sin, that is, from (A)the golden calves that were at Bethel and Dan.
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Judges 17:3-4
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3 So when he had returned the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, his mother said, “I had wholly dedicated the silver from my hand to the Lord for my son, to (A)make a carved image and a molded image; now therefore, I will return it to you.” 4 Thus he returned the silver to his mother. Then his mother (B)took two hundred shekels of silver and gave them to the silversmith, and he made it into a carved image and a molded image; and they were in the house of Micah.
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Exodus 32:1
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The Gold Calf(A)
32 Now when the people saw that Moses (B)delayed coming down from the mountain, the people (C)gathered together to Aaron, and said to him, (D)“Come, make us [a]gods that shall (E)go before us; for as for this Moses, the man who (F)brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.”
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- Exodus 32:1 Or a god
1 Kings 12:32
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32 Jeroboam [a]ordained a feast on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, like (A)the feast that was in Judah, and offered sacrifices on the altar. So he did at Bethel, sacrificing to the calves that he had made. (B)And at Bethel he installed the priests of the high places which he had made.
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- 1 Kings 12:32 instituted
Exodus 28:11
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11 With the work of an (A)engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, you shall engrave the two stones with the names of the sons of Israel. You shall set them in settings of gold.
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Exodus 28:9
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9 “Then you shall take two onyx (A)stones and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel:
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Exodus 20:2
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2 (A)“I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, (B)out of the house of [a]bondage.
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- Exodus 20:2 slaves
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