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ILLUSTRATED BIBLE STORY
The Israelites Make a Golden CalfEXODUS 24:9-18; 32:1-35
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IN THE THIRD MONTH AFTER THE ISRAELITES LEFT EGYPT,THEY CAMPED IN FRONT OF MOUNT SINAI.
ZIPPORAH,WHERE DID
YOUR HUSBAND,MOSES, GO?
JEHOVAHCALLED HIM TOTHE MOUNTAIN.
LATER THE PEOPLE STARTED TO WORRY AND COMPLAIN.
WHERE ISMOSES?
HE ISTAKING TOO
LONG!
HE HAS LEFT USALL ALONE IN THIS
WILDERNESS!
MAYBE HEDIED ON THEMOUNTAIN...
WHATSHOULDWE DO?
LET’SFIND HISBROTHER!
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AARON, WHENIS MOSES
COMING BACK?
I . . . I DON’TKNOW. THEN
MAKE AGOD FOR
US!
IT WILL LEADUS OUT OF
THIS DESERT!
WHATSHOULD I
DO?
BRING ME ALL OFYOUR GOLD EARRINGS,AND I WILL MAKE THEM
INTO A STATUEOF A CALF.
YES, THESTATUE WILLREPRESENTOUR GOD!
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THE ISRAELITES MADE A GOLDEN CALFAND HAD A FESTIVAL TO HONOR JEHOVAH.
WHEN MOSES CAME DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAIN,HE HEARD THE PEOPLE SINGING AND SAW THEMDANCING BEFORE THE GOLDEN CALF.
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AARON, WHATDID THIS PEOPLE
DO TO YOU?
YOU YOURSELFWELL KNOW THE
PEOPLE. THEY OFTEN DOEVIL THINGS.
THEY SAID TO ME,“MAKE FOR US
A GOD,”
SO I... UM...THREW THEIR GOLDINTO THE FIRE AND. . . WELL . . . OUTCAME THIS CALF.
BUT, AARON,YOU AND THIS PEOPLEHAVE COMMITTED AGREAT SIN AGAINST
JEHOVAH.
JEHOVAH EXECUTED THE PEOPLE WHO DID NOT WORSHIPHIM ACCEPTABLY. BUT AARON WAS VERY SORRY FOR WHATHE HAD DONE, AND JEHOVAH FORGAVE HIM.
THE ISRAELITES SPENT THE NEXT 40 YEARS INTHE WILDERNESS.
IN THE NEXT ILLUSTRATED BIBLE STORY, FIND OUTWHAT HAPPENED TO THEM.
WHAT DO WE LEARN FROMTHIS STORY?WHY DID AARON MAKE THE GOLDEN CALF?
CLUE: EXODUS 23:2; 32:1.WHAT WOULD HAVE HELPED AARON TORESIST PEER PRESSURE?
CLUE: PROVERBS 29:25.WHY DO YOU THINK IT IS BETTER TO OBEYJEHOVAH EVEN WHEN OTHERS TRY TOPRESSURE YOU TO DISOBEY HIM?
CLUE: DEUTERONOMY 6:24, 25;1 CORINTHIANS 15:33.
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