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== The Golden Calf ==

== The Golden Calf ==

[[File:Worshiping the golden calf.jpg|thumbnail|right|250px|Worshiping the golden calf, as in Exodus 32:1-35, illustration from a Bible card published in 1901 by the Providence Lithograph Company]]

[[File:Worshiping the golden calf.jpg|thumbnail|right|275px|Worshiping the golden calf, as in Exodus 32:1-35, illustration from a Bible card published in 1901 by the Providence Lithograph Company]]

In the fourth month of the first year after the Exodus, as the Israelites camped at [[Sinai]], Aaron was one of those who accompanied Moses up the mountain and saw the Lord.<ref>{{Bible ref|book=Exodus|chap=19|verses=24}}, {{Bible ref|book=Exodus|chap=24|verses=1,9-11}}</ref> When Moses and [[Joshua (Biblical leader)|Joshua]] were called up into the mount to commune with [[God]] (it was then that Moses received the [[Ten Commandments]] on the Tablets of Law), Aaron and Hur were appointed judges during their absence.<ref>{{Bible ref|book=Exodus|chap=24|verses=14,18}}</ref> On this occasion Aaron made a major mistake. While Moses was communing with God, God had strictly enjoined the people not to approach the mountain. Moses stayed on the mountain for forty days and forty nights, and toward the end of this period the people despaired of seeing Moses again. They then demanded that Aaron make them a [[God-substitute]]. Aaron asked the people to give him all their [[gold]] earrings. He melted these down and fashioned a [[Golden Calf]] for them. In response the people ran riot throughout the camp, and discipline broke down completely.

In the fourth month of the first year after the Exodus, as the Israelites camped at [[Sinai]], Aaron was one of those who accompanied Moses up the mountain and saw the Lord.<ref>{{Bible ref|book=Exodus|chap=19|verses=24}}, {{Bible ref|book=Exodus|chap=24|verses=1,9-11}}</ref> When Moses and [[Joshua (Biblical leader)|Joshua]] were called up into the mount to commune with [[God]] (it was then that Moses received the [[Ten Commandments]] on the Tablets of Law), Aaron and Hur were appointed judges during their absence.<ref>{{Bible ref|book=Exodus|chap=24|verses=14,18}}</ref> On this occasion Aaron made a major mistake. While Moses was communing with God, God had strictly enjoined the people not to approach the mountain. Moses stayed on the mountain for forty days and forty nights, and toward the end of this period the people despaired of seeing Moses again. They then demanded that Aaron make them a [[God-substitute]]. Aaron asked the people to give him all their [[gold]] earrings. He melted these down and fashioned a [[Golden Calf]] for them. In response the people ran riot throughout the camp, and discipline broke down completely.