Whom our fathers would not obey Even after all the proofs of his miraculous powers given in Egypt, and at the Red sea; but thrust him from them Acting a part more stupid and ungrateful than that before mentioned, Acts 7:27; rejecting him a second time, as in contempt of all these wonderful appearances of God by him; and in their hearts In their affections and intentions; turning back again into Egypt Preferring their garlick and onions there, before the manna they daily received under the conduct of Moses, and the milk and honey they hoped for in Canaan. They murmured at him, mutinied against him, refused to obey his orders, and sometimes were ready to stone him. Saying unto Aaron At the very foot of that mountain upon which God had visibly manifested himself to them, while the sound of his voice was, as it were, yet in their ears, and though, but a few days before, they had seen their great leader ascending up to him, by an intimacy of approach allowed to no other mortal: make us gods to go before us Back into Egypt, or forward to the promised land, and to conduct us in the way thither: for as for this Moses, who, indeed, brought us out of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him And have not patience to wait for him any longer: therefore make us gods of gold As if gods of Aaron's making, though of gold, would be sufficient to supply the place of Moses, or rather, of Jehovah! And they made a calf In imitation of the Egyptian Apis, to be their saviour and their guide; in those days Those very days in which they continued encamped in that remarkable situation; and offered sacrifice unto the senseless and dead idol Which could neither see nor hear, nor take any notice of the worship offered to it; and rejoiced in the work of their own hands In the god they had made, as if, instead of being a reproach and abomination, it had been an ornament and defence to them. Nay, so proud were they of their new god, that, after they had sat down to eat and drink, they rose up to play (Exo 32:6) before it, and in honour of it.
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Acts 7:39-41
39 To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,
40 Saying unto Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: for as for this Moses, which brought us out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.
41 And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.