Exodus 32:4
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4 (A)And he received the gold from their hand and fashioned it with a graving tool and made a golden[a] calf. And they said, (B)“These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!”
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- Exodus 32:4 Hebrew cast metal; also verse 8
Exodus 32:4
New International Version
4 He took what they handed him and made it into an idol(A) cast in the shape of a calf,(B) fashioning it with a tool. Then they said, “These are your gods,[a](C) Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.”(D)
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- Exodus 32:4 Or This is your god; also in verse 8
Nehemiah 9:18
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18 Even (A)when they had made for themselves a golden[a] calf and said, ‘This is your God who brought you up out of Egypt,’ (B)and had committed great blasphemies,
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- Nehemiah 9:18 Hebrew metal
Nehemiah 9:18
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Deuteronomy 9:16
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16 And (A)I looked, and behold, you had sinned against the Lord your God. You had made yourselves a golden[a] calf. (B)You had turned aside quickly from the way that the Lord had commanded you.
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- Deuteronomy 9:16 Hebrew cast metal
Deuteronomy 9:16
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16 When I looked, I saw that you had sinned against the Lord your God; you had made for yourselves an idol cast in the shape of a calf.(A) You had turned aside quickly from the way that the Lord had commanded you.
Acts 7:41
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41 And (A)they made a calf in those days, and offered a sacrifice to the idol and (B)were rejoicing in (C)the works of their hands.
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Acts 7:41
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41 That was the time they made an idol in the form of a calf. They brought sacrifices to it and reveled in what their own hands had made.(A)
Exodus 32:8
English Standard Version
8 They have turned aside quickly out of the way that (A)I commanded them. They have made for themselves a golden calf and have worshiped it and sacrificed to it and said, ‘These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!’”
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Exodus 32:8
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Isaiah 44:9-10
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The Folly of Idolatry
9 (A)All who fashion idols are nothing, and the things they delight in do not profit. Their witnesses neither see nor know, that they may be put to shame. 10 (B)Who fashions a god or casts an idol that is profitable for nothing?
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Isaiah 44:9-10
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1 Kings 12:28
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28 So the king took counsel and (A)made two calves of gold. And he said to the people, “You have gone up to Jerusalem long enough. (B)Behold your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.”
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1 Kings 12:28
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28 After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves.(A) He said to the people, “It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. Here are your gods, Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.”(B)
Romans 1:21-23
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21 For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they (A)became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 (B)Claiming to be wise, they became fools, 23 and (C)exchanged the glory of (D)the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.
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Romans 1:21-23
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21 For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened.(A) 22 Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools(B) 23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images(C) made to look like a mortal human being and birds and animals and reptiles.
Hosea 13:2
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2 And now they sin more and more,
and (A)make for themselves metal images,
idols skillfully made of their silver,
(B)all of them the work of craftsmen.
It is said of them,
“Those who offer human sacrifice (C)kiss calves!”
Hosea 13:2
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Hosea 8:4-5
English Standard Version
4 (A)They made kings, (B)but not through me.
They set up princes, but I knew it not.
With their silver and gold they made idols
for their own destruction.
5 (C)I have[a] spurned your calf, O Samaria.
My anger burns against them.
(D)How long will they be incapable of innocence?
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- Hosea 8:5 Hebrew He has
Hosea 8:4-5
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Acts 17:29
English Standard Version
29 (A)Being then God's offspring, (B)we ought not to think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of man.
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Acts 17:29
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29 “Therefore since we are God’s offspring, we should not think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone—an image made by human design and skill.(A)
Hosea 10:5
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5 The inhabitants of Samaria tremble
for (A)the calf[a] of (B)Beth-aven.
Its people mourn for it, and so do its idolatrous priests—
those who rejoiced over it and (C)over its glory—
for it has departed[b] from them.
Footnotes
- Hosea 10:5 Or calves
- Hosea 10:5 Or has gone into exile
Hosea 10:5
New International Version
Footnotes
- Hosea 10:5 Beth Aven means house of wickedness (a derogatory name for Bethel, which means house of God).
Isaiah 46:6
English Standard Version
6 (A)Those who lavish gold from the purse,
and weigh out silver in the scales,
hire a goldsmith, and he makes it into a god;
(B)then they fall down and worship!
Isaiah 46:6
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