Summary
When Moses does not return, the people get worried. Here they are in the wilderness and now with no leader. They long for security. They long for a god they can see who will lead them. So they take matters into their own hands, quickly turning from their covenant with the Lord, seemingly forgetting what the Lord has done for them and exchanging it for a rather thin concept of God, I would say. A god Aaron can make and manipulate. A god made from their possessions. And they turn their allegiance to this god- “These are the gods who brought you out of Egypt,” they proclaim.
Bible References
- Exodus 32:1 - 14
