Bible Dictionary · G
Golden calf
(Ex 32:4, Ex 32:8; Deut 9:16; Neh 9:18). This was a molten image of a calf which the idolatrous Israelites formed at Sinai. This symbol was borrowed from the custom of the Egyptians. It was destroyed at the command of Moses (Ex 32:20). (See Aaron; Moses.)
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
