Then Moses burned the calf, “he ground it to powder, scattered it on the water and made the Israelites drink it” (Exodus 32:15-20). (Also, don’t mess with Moses.) Moses confronted brother Aaron.

The Golden Calf, in other words, is the anti-Akedah. In case the parallels are still in doubt, Moses’ prayer makes the connection explicit. “Remember Abraham, Isaac and Jacob,” he entreats God.

BIBLE SCHOLARS claim to have discovered the site where Moses smashed the Golden Calf idol in a new shocking study. By Joel Day 02:08, Tue, Dec 10, 2019 | UPDATED: 02:22, Tue, Dec 10, 2019 ...

Because the Bible is populated with characters who sometimes behave just as we behave now, ... The golden calf does allow Moses to shine again, as he once more argues with God and wins.

This chapter, however, is doubly important, for it includes the telling of the story of the Golden Calf. When Moses ascended Mount Sinai to receive G-d’s Ten Commandments, he left his people ...

Chapter 32 of Exodus tells of the Golden Calf incident, where the Israelites make a golden calf, which was an Egyptian god, and worship it while Moses is on Mount Sinai.

Moreover, barely five chapters ago, we heard God exhorting Moses: “But you must observe My Sabbaths as a sign between Me and the Children of Israel” [Ex 31:12-17]. Why the repetition?

Exodus 32:1, 4-5 When the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, the people gathered themselves together to Aaron, and said to him, “Up, make us gods, who shall go before ...

We can now better understand the placement of the incidents of the anger of God and Moses in reaction to the golden calf. By MICHAEL M. COHEN MARCH 10, 2023 11:44 ...