Psalms 106:19 Made Simple

KJV ORIGINAL

They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.

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✦ MADE SIMPLE

They made a golden calf at Mount Horeb and bowed down to worship this metal idol.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

This verse recalls how the Israelites turned away from God to worship a golden statue they made while Moses was on the mountain.

📚 Historical Context

This refers to the incident at Mount Sinai (also called Horeb) when Moses was receiving the Ten Commandments from God. While he was on the mountain for 40 days, the Israelites grew impatient and convinced Aaron to make a golden calf for them to worship, breaking the first commandment before Moses even returned with it.

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As soon as Moses came close to the camp and saw the golden calf and the people dancing around it, his anger burned hot. He threw the stone tablets out of his hands and shattered them at the bottom of the mountain.

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And I looked, and there it was—you had sinned against the LORD your God by making a golden calf idol. You had quickly turned away from the path that the LORD had commanded you to follow.

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And the LORD said to me, 'Get up and hurry down from here right away, because your people whom you brought out of Egypt have ruined themselves. They have quickly turned away from the path I commanded them to follow; they have made themselves an idol out of melted metal.'

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