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,[a] who brought you up from the land of Egypt!” (A)

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Footnotes

  1. 32:4 Or “Israel, this is your god or “Israel, this is your God, also in v. 8

28 So the king sought advice.

Then he made two golden calves, and he said to the people, “Going to Jerusalem is too difficult for you. Israel, here are your gods[a] who brought you up from the land of Egypt.”(A)

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  1. 12:28 Or here is your God, or here is your god

29 but he did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit—worshiping the gold calves that were in Bethel and Dan.(A)

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16 They abandoned all the commands of the Lord their God. They made cast images(A) for themselves, two calves, and an Asherah pole.(B) They bowed in worship to all the stars in the sky(C) and served Baal.(D)

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