What is the lesson of the golden calf?

The Bible tells us that after the Israelites make the golden calf, God tells Moses to “Go down, because your people, whom you brought up out of Egypt, have become corrupt.” God doesn’t say my people, but your people.

Was golden calf a Hathor?

My favorite interpretation of Exodus 32 posits the Golden Calf was Hathor, a very popular Egyptian cow goddess. …

How big was the golden calf in the Bible?

about 4 1/2 inches long
The calf is about 4 1/2 inches long, 4 1/4 inches tall and weighs just under one pound. The figure is well articulated and was formed in parts. The legs, horns, tail and other parts were attached in sockets, and they are of different metals.

Did the Israelites only eat manna in the wilderness?

Until they reached Canaan, the Israelites are implied by some passages in the Bible to have eaten only manna during their desert sojourn, despite the availability of milk and meat from the livestock with which they traveled, and the references to provisions of fine flour, oil, and meat, in parts of the journey’s …

What is manna made of?

Manna was almost certainly trehalose, a white crystalline carbohydrate made of two glucose molecules joined together. It is one of very few naturally occurring molecules that taste sweet, although it is only half as sweet as sugar.

Why did the Israelites make a golden calf?

In essence, they’d grown impatient with their God to respond, so they wanted another one fashioned in the meantime so they could worship it. Aaron obliged them and made a golden calf out of the golden earrings they wore—which likely were the very same treasures the Egyptians gave them after God rescued them out of Egypt ( Exodus 12:35 ).

What should we learn from the Golden Calf incident in Exodus 32?

Question: “What should we learn from the golden calf incident in Exodus 32?”. Answer: The story of the golden calf is found in Exodus 32:1–6. The children of Israel had been in bondage in Egypt for over two hundred years. God called Moses, the deliverer, and told him that He had heard their cries and was about to deliver them (Exodus 3:6–8).

What happened when Jeroboam made a golden calf?

Golden calves make an appearance once again when Jeroboam, a contender for the throne of Israel, makes two of them (1 Kings 12:25-33). In both instances, idol worship of calves ends in massive destruction. When Aaron made a calf, the Israelites lose three thousand people.

Why didn’t Joseph build a calf out of molten gold?

One answer I learned, heavily steeped in aggadah, was that there was no intent to build a calf. One of the things thrown into the molten gold was something that had the words “aleh shor” written on it, which was previously used to raise Joseph’s bones from the Nile (as Joseph was referred to as an ox, or compared to, I forget) so a cow form arose.