Exodus 13 - The Golden Calf

Published: April 6, 2014, 2:04 p.m.

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When Moses delays in coming down from Mt. Sinai, the people demand an\\xa0idol of gods to go before them. Aaron makes a bull out of the people\'s\\xa0gold, in the form of some of the Canaanite gods, and declares it to be\\xa0the god that brought the Hebrews out of Egypt. God proposes to kill\\xa0the Hebrews and make a great nation out of Moses, but Moses intercedes\\xa0for the people. God, through Moses, directs the tribe of Levi to slay\\xa0those notorious in the production of the golden calf, and for that,\\xa0the tribe of Levi is ordained for service to the Lord. God tells the\\xa0people that He will not be among them, for they are a stiff-necked\\xa0people and He would consume them. He orders the people to take off\\xa0their ornaments and mourn, and God resides in the tent of meeting\\xa0outside of the camp.

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