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Contributed by Phil Spadaro
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Tuesday, 11 August 2009 |
 Moses
and Aaron – A contrast in responsibility
Background
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Exodus
32
The
Golden Calf
1
When the people saw that Moses was so long in coming down from the
mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said, "Come, make us
gods who will go before us. As for this fellow Moses who brought us up out
of Egypt, we don't know what has happened to him."
2
Aaron answered them, "Take off the gold earrings that your
wives, your sons and your daughters are wearing, and bring them to
me." 3 So all the people took off their earrings and brought
them to Aaron. 4 He took what they handed him and made it into an
idol cast in the shape of a calf, fashioning it with a tool. Then
they said, "These are your gods,
O Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt."
5
When Aaron saw this, he built an altar in front of the calf and
announced, "Tomorrow there will be a festival to the LORD."
6 So the next day the people rose early and sacrificed burnt
offerings and presented fellowship offerings.
Afterward they sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in
revelry.
21
He said to Aaron, "What did these people do to you, that you led
them into such great sin?"
22
"Do not be angry, my lord," Aaron answered. "You know
how prone these people are to evil. 23 They said to me, 'Make us gods
who will go before us. As for this fellow Moses who brought us up out
of Egypt, we don't know what has happened to him.' 24 So I told them,
'Whoever has any gold jewelry, take it off.' Then they gave me the
gold, and I threw it into the fire, and out came this calf!"
30
The next day Moses said to the people, "You have committed a
great sin. But now I will go up to the LORD; perhaps I can make
atonement for your sin."
31
So Moses went back to the LORD and said, "Oh, what a great sin
these people have committed! They have made themselves gods of gold.
32 But now, please forgive their sin—but if not, then blot me out
of the book you have written."
33
The LORD replied to Moses, "Whoever has sinned against me I will
blot out of my book. 34 Now go, lead the people to the place I spoke
of, and my angel will go before you. However, when the time comes for
me to punish, I will punish them for their sin."
35
And the LORD struck the people with a plague because of what they did
with the calf Aaron had made.
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