Exodus 32:6
So they rose up early, on the morrow, and offered ascending-sacrifices, and brought near peace-offerings, and the people sat down, to eat and to drink, and then rose up—to make sport!
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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Exodus 24:4Then wrote Moses all the words of Yahweh, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar, under the mountain, and twelve pillars, for the twelve tribes of Israel:
Numbers 25:2who invited the people unto the sacrifices of their gods,—so the people did eat, and did bow themselves down unto their gods.
Amos 2:8And, on pledged garments, they recline, beside every altar,—and, exacted wine, do they drink, in the house of their God.
Acts 7:41And so they fell to calf-making in those days, and offered sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their hands.
Revelation 11:10And, they who are dwelling upon the earth, rejoice over them, and make merry, and, gifts, will they send one to another,—because, these two prophets, tormented them that were dwelling upon the earth.
Matthew Henry on Exodus 32:2-7
The Golden Calf. ( b. c. 1491.) 1 And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him. 2 And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me. 3 And all the people brake… Read the whole commentary →