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LLUSTRATED BIBLE STORY

The Israelites Make a Golden CalfEXODUS 24:9-18; 32:1-35

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IN THE THIRD MONTH AFTER THE ISRAELITES LEFT EGYPT,THEY CAMPED IN FRONT OF MOUNT SINAI.

ZIPPORAH,WHERE DID

YOUR HUSBAND,MOSES, GO?

JEHOVAHCALLED HIM TO

THE MOUNTAIN.

LATER THE PEOPLE STARTED TO WORRYAND COMPLAIN.

WHERE ISMOSES?

HE ISTAKING TOO

LONG!

HE HAS LEFT USALL ALONE IN THIS

WILDERNESS!

MAYBE HEDIED ON THE

MOUNTAIN...

WHATSHOULDWE DO?

LETSFIND HIS

BROTHER!

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AARON, WHENIS MOSES

COMING BACK?

I ...I DONTKNOW. THEN

MAKE AGOD FOR

US!

IT WILL LEADUS OUT OF

THIS DESERT!

WHATSHOULD I

DO?

BRING ME ALL OFYOUR GOLD EARRINGS,AND I WILL MAKE THEM

INTO ASTATUEOF A CALF.

YES, THESTATUE WILLREPRESENT

OUR GOD!

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THE ISRAELITES MADE A GOLDEN CALFAND HAD A FESTIVAL TO HONOR JEHOVAH.

WHEN MOSES CAME DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAIN,HE HEARD THE PEOPLE SINGING AND SAW THEM

DANCINGBEFORE THE GOLDEN CALF.

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AARON, WHATDID THIS PEOPLE

DO TO YOU?

YOU YOURSELFWELL KNOW THE

PEOPLE. THEY OFTEN DOEVIL THINGS.

THEY SAID TO ME,MAKE FOR US

A GOD,

SO I... UM...THREW THEIR GOLD

INTO THE FIRE AND. . . WELL .. . OUTCAME THIS CALF.

BUT, AARON,YOU AND THIS PEOPLE

HAVE COMMITTED AGREAT SIN AGAINST

JEHOVAH.

JEHOVAH EXECUTED THE PEOPLE WHO DID NOT WORSHIPHIM ACCEPTABLY. BUT AARON WAS VERY SORRY FOR WHATHE HAD DONE, AND JEHOVAH FORGAVE HIM.

THE ISRAELITES SPENT THE NEXT40 YEARS INTHE WILDERNESS.

IN THE NEXT ILLUSTRATED BIBLE STORY, FIND OUTWHAT HAPPENED TO THEM.

WHAT DO WE LEARN FROM

THIS STORY?

WHY DID AARON MAKE THE GOLDEN CALF?

CLUE:EXODUS 23:2; 32:1.

WHAT WOULD HAVE HELPED AARON TO

RESIST PEER PRESSURE?

CLUE:PROVERBS 29:25.

WHY DO YOU THINK IT IS BETTER TOOBEY

JEHOVAHEVEN WHEN OTHERS TRY TO

PRESSURE YOU TO DISOBEYHIM?

CLUE:DEUTERONOMY 6:24, 25;

1 CORINTHIANS 15:33.

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