Exodus 32:35 Cross References

Exodus 32:35

35: And the LORD sent a great plague upon the people because they had worshiped the calf Aaron had made.

(Judas bought a field with the money he received for his treachery, and falling there, he burst open, spilling out his intestines.

When Moses saw that Aaron had let the people get completely out of control--and much to the amusement of their enemies--

Then Aaron took the gold, melted it down, and molded and tooled it into the shape of a calf. The people exclaimed, "O Israel, these are the gods who brought you out of Egypt!"

When Judas, who had betrayed him, realized that Jesus had been condemned to die, he was filled with remorse. So he took the thirty pieces of silver back to the leading priests and other leaders.
"I have sinned," he declared, "for I have betrayed an innocent man.What do we care?" they retorted. "That's your problem."
Then Judas threw the money onto the floor of the Temple and went out and hanged himself.
The leading priests picked up the money. "We can't put it in the Temple treasury," they said, "since it's against the law to accept money paid for murder."
After some discussion they finally decided to buy the potter's field, and they made it into a cemetery for foreigners.

Why, then, have you despised the word of the LORD and done this horrible deed? For you have murdered Uriah and stolen his wife.
From this time on, the sword will be a constant threat to your family, because you have despised me by taking Uriah's wife to be your own.

So they made an idol shaped like a calf, and they sacrificed to it and rejoiced in this thing they had made.

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