A golden calf (Exodus 32)
Aaron got the gold from the people. He told them to take off the rings of gold which are in the ears of your qives, your sons, and your daughters.
The opportunity God offered Moses was that Moses could be the new Abraham, so that Moses could be the founder of a new nation.The opportunity God offered Moses was that Moses could be the new Abraham, so that Moses could be the founder of a new nation.
The promised land of the Israelites was Canaan, the land that God had promised to Abraham and his descendants. The Israelites returned to the promised land after being led by Moses through the Exodus, where they wandered in the desert for 40 years before finally entering Canaan under the leadership of Joshua.
In the Bible, Gideon put a fleece before God as a sign of confirmation. He asked God to make the fleece wet with dew while the ground remained dry, and then to make the ground wet with dew while the fleece remained dry, to confirm his calling to lead the Israelites against their enemies.
Pharaoh refused to allow the Israelites to stop working even temporarily, and commanded that from then on, no straw should be supplied for the bricks they had to make. They would have to gather the straw themselves (Exodus ch.5).See also:More about MosesThe Exodus
The Israelites made a Golden Calf.
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Aaron got the gold from the people. He told them to take off the rings of gold which are in the ears of your qives, your sons, and your daughters.
The Israelites fashioned the golden calf when Moses spent too much time conversing with God. They got scared and created an idol to worship. Moses came down and broke the first ten commandments in anger. See this link: http://judaism.answers.com/kosher/the-complaints-in-the-wilderness-and-the-golden-calf
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The Israelites were not allowed to make any idols in any form.
Actually who created the golden calf not moses brother ( Aaron ) but he is a man called samiri . and he is one of moses group . But The Bible didnt mention for that . read the real story from Qura'an then u will know clearly everything .Christian View:It depends which golden calf. At one point in the Bible, Moses went up to Mount Sinai, but he took quite a while coming back. The Israelites thought he was dead and started getting restless. ' Make us an idol!' they complained to Aaron. So Aaron made a golden calf for the people made up of their golden jewelry. (this did not go unpunished)Then at another time, the king of Israel was furious because all of his people went to Judah to worship there because the temple was there. So he made two golden calves for his people to worship at.
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This means that we are not supposed to make idols for ourselves. An idol is anything we hold more dear and higher than God. The Israelites made an idol out of gold in the form of a golden calf ( Exodus 32) and people today make idols, both physical statues and mental idols, out of everything and anything you can think of. Idols today range from those in cults to anything like pornography, books, family and even ourselves.Yes I think this is right and if you look at the next verse:Exo 20:5 you shall not bow to them, and you shall not serve them; for I am Jehovah your God, a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of fathers on sons, on the third and on the fourth generation, to those that hate Me;
the importance of studying idolatry is to see what make people to worship idols and how importance the idol is .
People ask Aaron to make gods for them because they are seeking a tangible representation of the divine, especially during times of uncertainty or fear. After the Exodus from Egypt, the Israelites felt abandoned when Moses went up Mount Sinai, leading them to desire a physical idol to worship. Aaron, as a leader, complied with their requests, creating the golden calf as a symbol of security and familiarity in their turbulent circumstances. This reflects a broader human tendency to seek immediate and visible forms of assurance in times of crisis.