Golden calf incident
event · 2 works · 2 mentions · 2 anchored passages
the calf-making of the people under Aaron · the golden calf transgression
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Stromata
The episode of the golden calf under Aaron's leadership, cited as an example of sin followed by pardon.
And the same thing happens also in the calf-making of the people under Aaron.
Scorpiace
The episode at Sinai in which Israel fashioned and worshipped a golden calf, punished by the deaths of three thousand.
And so three thousand men, slain by their nearest kindred — because they had offended God, a kinsman nearer still — dedicated both the first beginnings and the deserts of transgression.