Exodus 32:8 meaning and explanation
How quickly they have turned aside from the way that I commanded them! They have made for themselves a molten calf and have bowed down to it. They have sacrificed to it and said, ‘These, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.’”
Exodus 32:8, Berean Standard Bible
Explanation preview
These are the LORD's words to Moses on Mount Sinai while Israel waits below with the newly made golden calf. God describes the sin as turning aside quickly from the way he commanded, then quotes the people's own claim that the calf brought them out of Egypt.
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