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So all the people took off their gold earrings and handed them to Aaron. After he had worked on the gold with a tool,[a] he made it into a statue of a calf.

Then they said, “Israel, here are your gods who brought you out of Egypt.”

When Aaron saw this, he built an altar in front of it and announced, “Tomorrow there will be a festival in Yahweh’s honor.”

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 32:4 Hebrew meaning uncertain.

So all the people took off their earrings and brought them to Aaron. He took what they handed him and made it into an idol(A) cast in the shape of a calf,(B) fashioning it with a tool. Then they said, “These are your gods,[a](C) Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.”(D)

When Aaron saw this, he built an altar in front of the calf and announced, “Tomorrow there will be a festival(E) to the Lord.”

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 32:4 Or This is your god; also in verse 8