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They made a calf in Horeb, And worshipped a molten image.
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Trading Glory for Grass
Commentators highlight the profound foolishness of Israel's sin. At the very mountain where God revealed His glory, they exchanged the worship of the invisible Creator for a golden statue of a grass-eating animal. Scholars like John Calvin and Charles Spurgeon note this was a shocking spiritual downgrade, trading the true God for a crude imitation of an Egyptian deity they had just been freed from.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
They made a calf in Horeb - (Exodus 32:4). Probably in resemblance of the Egyptian god “Apis.” The image was made by Aa…
19th Century
Anglican
These twenty verses cover the desert wanderings, beginning with the discontented spirit mentioned in Exodus 15:23.
Baptist
The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram. And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burnt up the wi…
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16th Century
Protestant
They made a calf. Here he represents their rebellion as extremely base, because they abandoned the true worship of God and made for themse…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
They made a calf in Horeb A golden one, of the earrings of gold which were in the ears of their wives, sons, and dau…
Those who will not wait for God's counsel will justly be given up to their own hearts' lusts, to walk in their own counsels. An undue desire, even …
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