And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said To morrow is a feast to the LORD.
Exodus 32:4-5 (KJV)
Gods – Why is this plural? The Israelites knew full well who brought them out of Egypt. They knew it was the Living God – singular. Moses made sure that was clear to everyone, even Pharaoh. So why would Aaron build one golden calf and refer to it in the plural form? Well there’s a few mistakes happening here, not just Aaron’s. Continue reading “Aaron’s Mistake”