Topic
Calf of Gold
34 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
These works date from 1897 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Exodus 32:1Torrey Made on account of the delay of Moses in the mount
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…
- Exodus 32:2Torrey WAS MADE — Of the ornaments of the women, &c
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.
- Exodus 32:3Torrey WAS MADE — Of the ornaments of the women, &c
And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron.
- Exodus 32:4Torrey WAS MADE — To represent God
And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
- Exodus 32:5Torrey WAS MADE — To represent God
And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to the LORD.
- Exodus 32:6Torrey Sacrifices offered to
And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.
- Exodus 32:8Torrey MAKING OF — A turning aside from the divine command
They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
- Exodus 32:10Torrey MAKING OF — Excited wrath against Israel
Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.
- Exodus 32:11–14Torrey Moses interceded for those who worshipped
And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand? Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief…
- Exodus 32:18Torrey Worshipped with profane revelry
And he said, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome: but the noise of them that sing do I hear.
- Exodus 32:19Torrey Worshipped with profane revelry
¶ And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses’ anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.
- Exodus 32:20Torrey Destroyed by Moses
And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strawed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it.
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- Exodus 32:21 Torrey MAKING OF — A very great sin
- Exodus 32:25 Torrey Worshipped with profane revelry
- Exodus 32:26–29 Torrey MAKING OF — Israel punished for
- Exodus 32:30 Torrey MAKING OF — A very great sin
- Exodus 32:30–34 Torrey Moses interceded for those who worshipped
- Exodus 32:31 Torrey MAKING OF — A very great sin
- Exodus 32:35 Torrey MAKING OF — Israel punished for
- Deuteronomy 9:12 Torrey MAKING OF — A turning aside from the divine command
- Deuteronomy 9:14 Torrey MAKING OF — Excited wrath against Israel
- Deuteronomy 9:16 Torrey MAKING OF — A turning aside from the divine command
- Deuteronomy 9:17 Torrey MAKING OF — Caused Moses to break the tables of the testimony
- Deuteronomy 9:18–20 Torrey Moses interceded for those who worshipped
- Deuteronomy 9:19 Torrey MAKING OF — Excited wrath against Israel
- Deuteronomy 9:20 Torrey MAKING OF — Excited wrath against Aaron
- Deuteronomy 9:21 Torrey Destroyed by Moses
- Psalms 106:19 Torrey Molten in the fire
- Psalms 106:20 Torrey WAS MADE — To represent God
- Psalms 106:21 Torrey MAKING OF — A forgetting of God
- Acts 7:39 Torrey WAS MADE — After an Egyptian model
- Acts 7:41 Torrey WAS MADE — After an Egyptian model
- 1 Corinthians 10:5–7 Torrey Punishment of those who worshipped a warning to others
- 1 Corinthians 10:7 Torrey Worshipped with profane revelry
In the topical indexes
Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897) · 41 references, grouped by sub-topic
- Made on account of the delay of Moses in the mount Ex 32:1
- WAS MADE
- Molten in the fire Ex 32:4; Ps 106:19
- Fashioned with a graven tool Ex 32:4
- An altar built before Ex 32:5
- Sacrifices offered to Ex 32:6; Ac 7:41
- Worshipped with profane revelry Ex 32:6,18,19,25; 1Co 10:7
- MAKING OF
- A very great sin Ex 32:21,30,31
- A forgetting of God Ps 106:21
- A turning aside from the divine command Ex 32:8; De 9:12,16
- Excited wrath against Aaron De 9:20
- Excited wrath against Israel Ex 32:10; De 9:14,19
- Caused Moses to break the tables of the testimony Ex 32:19; De 9:17
- Israel punished for Ex 32:26-29,35
- Moses interceded for those who worshipped Ex 32:11-14,30-34; De 9:18-20
- Destroyed by Moses Ex 32:20; De 9:21
- Punishment of those who worshipped a warning to others 1Co 10:5-7
Texts: Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.