Exodus 32:4 meaning and explanation

He took the gold from their hands, and with an engraving tool he fashioned it into a molten calf. And they said, “These, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!”

Exodus 32:4, Berean Standard Bible

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While Moses is on Mount Sinai receiving God's law, the people below grow impatient and press Aaron for a visible god to lead them. Aaron collects their gold earrings and fashions a molten calf, likely a young bull.

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