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.
Aaron asked the Israelites to give him their gold jewelry, and he used this gold to make the Golden Calf.
The Israelites made a golden calf as an idol while waiting for Moses to come down from Mount Sinai with the Ten Commandments. This act of idolatry led to significant consequences for the Israelites.
I think the first reference to an altar covered in gold is Aaron. When Moses was receiving the ten commandments from God at the top of the mountain and Aaron was in charge of all the people. They used the gold jewelry of the people to build an altar but it was a pagan tradition so when moses came down from the mount he broke the tablets God had written the 10 commandements on out of anger. But, obviously if the people knew to make an altar of gold they had seen someone do it before. The first sacrafices were Cain and Abel after God had blessed their work.
Jeroboam was the chief originator in leading Israel (the Northern Kingdom) into idolatry. This he did by setting up two golden calves for worship and his own priesthood, in an attempt to get the people to stay in the north and not go to Jerusalem to worship as they were meant to.
When Aaron cast lots, he was using a method to make an impartial decision or determine God's will by drawing straws or stones from a container. This was a common practice in ancient times to seek guidance or make choices in a fair and unbiased manner.
The Israelite slaves had gold because they were instructed by God to take valuable items as they left Egypt in the Exodus story found in the Bible. The Egyptians had given them gold and other valuables as a form of repayment for their years of servitude.
Aaron made the golden calf.
The Israelites made a Golden Calf.
Moses was on Mt. Sinai getting the Ten Commandments from God, when the Golden Calf was made at the base of the mountain by the recently freed people who got scared when they were left alone. It was Aaron, his brother the High Priest, that confessed to making the calf, and he said he did it because the people forced him to make it.
The Israelites made a golden calf as an idol while waiting for Moses to come down from Mount Sinai with the Ten Commandments. This act of idolatry led to significant consequences for the Israelites.
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.
Israel built the golden calf because they didn't think god was real so instead they made a new god
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
In Exodus 32:1, while Moses was delayed on Mount Sinai, the people said to Aaron, "Up, make us gods, who shall go before us;..." Aaron obliged, taking their gold jewelry and made a molten calf from it (Exodus 32:4).
Use gold foil to make your golden ticket.
They made a golden calf to worship.
Gold and yellow
You can make golden apples,gold bars and glistering melon ( For potion making)