Exodus 32:4
Amplified Bible
4 And he took the gold from their hands, and fashioned it with an engraving tool and made it into a molten [a]calf; and they said, “This is your god, O Israel, who brought you up from the land of Egypt.”
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- Exodus 32:4 The selection of a calf-god was probably inspired by the Egyptian bull-god Apis (Hapis), believed to be a living manifestation of the Egyptian god, Ptah.
Exodus 32:4
New International Version
4 He took what they handed him and made it into an idol(A) cast in the shape of a calf,(B) fashioning it with a tool. Then they said, “These are your gods,[a](C) Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.”(D)
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- Exodus 32:4 Or This is your god; also in verse 8
Exodus 32:6
Amplified Bible
6 So they got up early the next day and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; then the people sat down to eat and drink, and got up to play [shamefully—without moral restraint].
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Exodus 32:6
New International Version
6 So the next day the people rose early and sacrificed burnt offerings and presented fellowship offerings.(A) Afterward they sat down to eat and drink(B) and got up to indulge in revelry.(C)
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