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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.”

Early the next day the people sacrificed burnt offerings and brought fellowship offerings. Afterward, they sat down to a feast, which turned into an orgy.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 32:4 Hebrew meaning uncertain.

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