Exodus 32:2-4
2So Aaron said to them, “Take off the arings of gold that are in the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to me.” 3So all the people took off the rings of gold that were in their ears and brought them to Aaron. 4 bAnd he received the gold from their hand and fashioned it with a graving tool and made a golden ▼▼Hebrew cast metal; also verse 8
calf. And they said, d“These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!” Judges 17:1-5
Micah and the Levite
1There was a man of ethe hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah. 2And he said to his mother, “The 1,100 pieces of silver that were taken from you, about which you uttered a curse, and also spoke it in my ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it.” And his mother said, f“Blessed be my son by the Lord.” 3And he restored the 1,100 pieces of silver to his mother. And his mother said, “I dedicate the silver to the Lord from my hand for my son, to make ga carved image and ha metal image. Now therefore I will restore it to you.” 4So when he restored the money to his mother, his mother itook 200 pieces of silver and gave it to the silversmith, who made it into a carved image and a metal image. And it was in the house of Micah. 5And the man Micah had a shrine, and he made jan ephod and khousehold gods, and lordained ▼▼Hebrew filled the hand of; also verse 12
one of his sons, who became his priest. Isaiah 46:6
6 nThose who lavish gold from the purse,and weigh out silver in the scales,
hire a goldsmith, and he makes it into a god;
othen they fall down and worship!
Hosea 8:4
4 pThey made kings, qbut not through me.They set up princes, but I knew it not.
With their silver and gold they made idols
for their own destruction.
Hosea 13:2
2And now they sin more and more,and rmake for themselves metal images,
idols skillfully made of their silver,
sall of them the work of craftsmen.
It is said of them,
“Those who offer human sacrifice tkiss calves!”
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