<P> When Moses went up into Biblical Mount Sinai to receive the Ten Commandments ( Exodus 24 : 12 - 18 ) , he left the Israelites for forty days and forty nights . The Israelites feared that he would not return and demanded that Aaron make them `` gods '' to go before them ( Exodus 32 : 1 ) . Aaron gathered up the Israelites ' golden earrings and ornaments , constructed a `` molten calf '' and they declared : `` These ( be ) thy gods , O Israel , which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt . '' ( Exodus 32 : 4 ) </P>
<P> When Moses went up into Biblical Mount Sinai to receive the Ten Commandments ( Exodus 24 : 12 - 18 ) , he left the Israelites for forty days and forty nights . The Israelites feared that he would not return and demanded that Aaron make them `` gods '' to go before them ( Exodus 32 : 1 ) . Aaron gathered up the Israelites ' golden earrings and ornaments , constructed a `` molten calf '' and they declared : `` These ( be ) thy gods , O Israel , which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt . '' ( Exodus 32 : 4 ) </P>
who made the golden calf in the bible
who made the golden calf in the bible
Aaron
Aaron