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The Gold Calf

1 Now when the people saw that Moses adelayed coming down from the mountain, the people bgathered together to Aaron, and said to him, c“Come, make us gods that shall dgo before us; for as for this Moses, the man who ebrought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.”  
2 And Aaron said to them, “Break off the agolden earrings which are in the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to me.”  
3 So all the people broke off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them to Aaron.
4 aAnd he received the gold from their hand, and he fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made a molded calf. Then they said, “This is your god, O Israel, that bbrought you out of the land of Egypt!”  
5 So when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it. And Aaron made a aproclamation and said, “Tomorrow is a feast to the Lord.”  
6 Then they rose early on the next day, offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people asat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.  
7 And the Lord said to Moses, a“Go, get down! For your people whom you brought out of the land of Egypt bhave corrupted themselves.  
8 They have turned aside quickly out of the way which aI commanded them. They have made themselves a molded calf, and worshiped it and sacrificed to it, and said, b‘This is your god, O Israel, that brought you out of the land of Egypt!’ ”  
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Exodus

EXODUS, a "going forth," derives its name from its being occupied principally with a relation of the departure of the Israelites from Egypt, and the incidents that immediately preceded as well as followed that memorable migration. Its authorship by Moses is distinctly asserted by himself (Exodus 24:4), as well as by our Lord (Mark 12:26; Luke 20:37). Besides, the thorough knowledge it exhibits of the institutions and usages of the ancient Egyptians and the minute geographical details of the journey to Sinai, establish in the clearest manner the authenticity of this book.

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