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What happened after Aaron made the golden calf?
After making the golden calf or golden calves both Aaron and Jeroboam celebrate festivals. Aaron builds an altar and Jeroboam ascends an altar (Exod 32:5–6; 1 Kings 12:32–33).
What happened to Aaron in the Bible?
According to Numbers 20, Aaron died on the top of Mount Hor at the age of 123; in Deuteronomy 10, which represents another tradition, he is said to have died in Moserah and was buried there.
What happened to those who Worshipped the golden calf?
Upon returning from the mountain with the tablets of the Law and seeing the people worshipping the golden calf, Moses broke the tablets (symbolic of breaking the covenant relationship with God) and had the idol melted down, pulverized, and mixed with water.
What happened to Aaron’s sons in the Bible?
Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu took their censers, put fire in them and added incense; and they offered unauthorized fire before the LORD, contrary to his command. So fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed them, and they died before the LORD.
What did Aaron build in front of the golden calf?
After he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy elohim, 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 Jehovah.
What happened to Aaron after Moses death?
There Moses stripped Aaron of his priestly garments and transferred them to Eleazar. Aaron died on the summit of the mountain, and the people mourned for him thirty days. The other account is found in Deuteronomy 10:6, where Aaron died at Moserah and was buried.
How did Moses and Aaron meet?
And the Lord said unto Aaron, “Go forth to meet Moses, in the direction of the desert.” And he left, and he met him at the mountain of God and kissed him. And Moses left with Aaron and they gathered all the elders of the children of Israel.
Did Aaron make the golden calf?
In Egypt, Aaron was a faithful companion to his brother Moses. Rather than remaining steadfast in his faith, Aaron gave in. He ordered the people to collect all the gold in their possession, and used it to create a golden calf for worship.
Did Aaron have a wife?
Aaron married Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab and sister of Nahshon of the tribe of Judah. The sons of Aaron were Eleazar, Ithamar, and Nadab and Abihu. A descendant of Aaron is an Aaronite, or Kohen, meaning Priest.
How many sons does Aaron have?
four sons
Aaron had four sons—”Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar” (3:2).
Should Aaron have been punished for building the Golden Calf?
Answer: When Aaron built a golden calf for the Israelites to worship in Exodus 32, severe judgment came upon the people. Yet Aaron went on to serve as high priest. It hardly seems fair that he should escape punishment—he was the one who made the idol, after all—while others were judged. There are two possible responses.
Who made the Golden Calf in the Bible?
The Golden Calf, the idol made by Aaron Exodus 32:1-35. The Israelites demanded that Aaron make them an idol, a golden calf, in rebellion against the will of God, during the forty days that Moses was absent. Moses had climbed up Mt. Sinai to speak with God.
Was Aaron’s calf merely a simple representation of Yahweh?
It might have lessened the burden of guilt upon Aaron for him to have considered the calf merely as a simple representation of Yahweh. It was announced with the phrase: “These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt” (Exodus 32:4), words which were closely copied by Jeroboam as we have just read.
Why did the Israelites demand that Aaron make an idol?
The Israelites demanded that Aaron make them an idol, a golden calf, in rebellion against the will of God, during the forty days that Moses was absent. Moses had climbed up Mt. Sinai to speak with God. There he received the two tablets of stone on which God wrote the Ten Commandments. God had said, “Do not make molten idols.”