Acts 7:40

Saying unto Aaron - Exodus 32:1.

Make us gods - That is, idols.

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Make us gods to go before us — Back into Egypt. Exodus 32:1 .

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.

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