Golden Calf Flashcards
Who was 1st king of Northern Kingdom
Jeroboam
Horveh
forced labor program, 1/4 year worked
Elohim
gods (plural)
Who makes the Golden Calf?
Aaron
Why Golden Calf?
Thought that Moses died or abandonded
The Cow is a symbol of ______ for the _____ people
fertility, Canaanite
Story of the Golden Calf:
- Talk about Apostasy
- God’s anger and Moses intercession
- Moses and Mediator between God & People
- Moses smashes tables, destorys cow, makes them drink, kill those who sinned
- Choice of For or Against God
- Moses Intercedes for the remaining
The calf is _______
burned by Moses
What did Moses do with the burnt calf
ground it and made the Israelites drink it
Moses makes the people chose
for or against God and obedience to the Covenant
The community is purged of the guilty people. Who carries this out?
the Levites
Because of the sin there will be a ____
plague on all - small one to cause discomfort
What is a repercussion of the sin?
God will not travel with them
Why won’t god travel with them
so that his anger will not consumer the people. he will travel at a distance
Following the Golden Calf how does this affect Moses and his relationship with the Lord
Moses will continue as mediator, but will not be able to see the face of the Lord
