New Torrey's Topical Textbook: Rev. R. A. Torrey

Calf of Gold

• Made on account of the delay of Moses in the mount Ex. 32:1
• Was made
  • Of the ornaments of the women, &c Ex. 32:2, 3
  • To represent God Ex. 32:4, 5; Ps. 106:20
  • After an Egyptian model Acts 7:39, 41
  • To go before the congregation Ex. 32:1
• 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; Acts 7:41
• Worshipped with profane revelry Ex. 32:6, 18, 19, 25; 1 Cor. 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; Dt. 9:12, 16
  • Excited wrath against Aaron Dt. 9:20
  • Excited wrath against Israel Ex. 32:10; Dt. 9:14, 19
  • Caused Moses to break the tables of the testimony Ex. 32:19; Dt. 9:17
  • Israel punished for Ex. 32:26-29, 35
• Moses interceded for those who worshipped Ex. 32:11-14, 30-34; Dt. 9:18-20
• Destroyed by Moses Ex. 32:20; Dt. 9:21
• Punishment of those who worshipped a warning to others 1 Cor. 10:5-7