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facts-i-just-made-up · 1 month

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why do people still care about banksy

A very, very long time ago, perhaps not at all, a guy wrote down that people shouldn't pray to idols. When he got there to tell them, he found they'd made a big gold cow idol. People are still harping on that event so I think we're gonna be stuck with Banksy's bullshit for quite a while sadly.

#banksy #golden calf #bible #religion #unreality

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lionofchaeronea · 7 months

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The Adoration of the Golden Calf, Gerrit de Wet (ca. 1616-1674)

#art #art history #Gerrit de Wet #religious art #Biblical art #Christian art #Christianity #Old Testament #Hebrew Bible #Book of Exodus #Golden Calf #Dutch Golden Age #Baroque #Baroque art #Dutch Baroque #Dutch art #17th century art #oil on panel

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officialyourdailyinspiration · 3 months

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The Golden Calf

1 When the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, the people gathered themselves together to Aaron, and said to him, “Up, make us gods, who shall go before us; as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.” 2 And Aaron said to them, “Take off the rings of gold which are in the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to me.” 3 So all the people took off the rings of gold which were in their ears, and brought them to Aaron. 4 And he received the gold at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, and made a molten calf; and they said, “These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!” 5 When Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation and said, “Tomorrow shall be a feast to the Lord.” 6 And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.

7 And the Lord said to Moses, “Go down; for your people, whom you brought up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves; 8 they have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them; they have made for themselves a molten calf, and have worshiped it and sacrificed to it, and said, ‘These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!’” 9 And the Lord said to Moses, “I have seen this people, and behold, it is a stiff-necked people; 10 now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may burn hot against them and I may consume them; but of you I will make a great nation.”

11 But Moses besought the Lord his God, and said, “O Lord, why does thy wrath burn hot against thy people, whom thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand? 12 Why should the Egyptians say, ‘With evil intent did he bring them forth, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth’? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people. 13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou didst swear by thine own self, and didst say to them, ‘I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have promised I will give to your descendants, and they shall inherit it for ever.’” 14 And the Lord repented of the evil which he thought to do to his people.

15 And Moses turned, and went down from the mountain with the two tables of the testimony in his hands, tables that were written on both sides; on the one side and on the other were they written. 16 And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables. 17 When Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said to Moses, “There is a noise of war in the camp.” 18 But he said, “It is not the sound of shouting for victory, or the sound of the cry of defeat, but the sound of singing that I hear.” 19 And as soon as he came near the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, Moses’ anger burned hot, and he threw the tables out of his hands and broke them at the foot of the mountain. 20 And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it with fire, and ground it to powder, and scattered it upon the water, and made the people of Israel drink it. — Exodus 32:1-20 | Revised Standard Version (RSV) Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright © 1946, 1952, and 1971 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. All rights reserved. Cross References: Genesis 6:11; Genesis 12:7; Genesis 24:22; Genesis 35:4; Exodus 14:11; Exodus 20:3-4; Exodus 20:23; Exodus 31:18; Exodus 33:3; Exodus 33:13; Exodus 34:1; Numbers 14:12-13; Numbers 14:15; Numbers 16:21; Numbers 25:2; Deuteronomy 7:25; Deuteronomy 9:8; Deuteronomy 9:16-17; Deuteronomy 9:26; 1 Samuel 15:11; 2 Samuel 24:16; 1 Kings 15:13; 2 Chronicles 34:4; Acts 7:40-41; Acts 7:51; 1 Corinthians 10:7; 2 Corinthians 3:3; 2 Corinthians 3:7; Hebrews 6:13

#Israel sins #idolatry #Aaron #golden calf #God's wrath #punishment #Exodus 32:1-20 #Book of Exodus #Old Testament #RSV #Revised Standard Version Bible #National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America

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artthatgivesmefeelings · 1 year

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Antonio Molinari (Italian, 1655-1704) Adoration of the Golden Calf, early 1700s The State Hermitage Museum Worship of the golden calf is seen as a supreme act of apostasy, the rejection of a faith once confessed. The figure is probably a representation of the Egyptian bull god Apis in the earlier period and of the Canaanite fertility god Baal in the latter. In Exodus 32 the Hebrews escaping Egypt asked Aaron, the brother of their leader Moses, to fashion a golden calf during the long absence of Moses on Mt. Sinai. Upon returning from the mountain with the tablets of the Law and seeing the people worshipping the golden calf, Moses broke the tablets (symbolic of breaking the covenant relationship with God) and had the idol melted down, pulverized, and mixed with water. The people were required to drink the mixture, an ordeal to separate the unfaithful (who later died in a plague) from the faithful (who lived). Defending the faith in the God revealed to Moses against the calf worshippers were the Levites, who became the priestly caste.

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jana-aych-ess · 9 months

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need dick from the girl who sculpts the golden calf. whose hands packed the winesoaked sand where the molten godflesh is poured. need to smell the clay under her nails mix with the smoke of the fire as she wipes a smudge of ash from my cheek. to feel calluses formed by touching the face of god

#relationship goals #golden calf #priestess #occult #me and who #jana tweet reruns

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socialist-microwave-laser · 1 year

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israelites while hashem is telling moshe how to conduct a census

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#jumblr #golden calf #torah portion #parsha #jewish memes #Youtube

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danskjavlarna · 1 year

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My collection of vintage political cartoons.

#political cartoon #golden calf #money #vintage illustration

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ninjamonkeystudios · 7 months

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Inktober: Day 6, Golden

I had several ideas for this prompt. Here’s one I inked during D&D, the golden calf.

#inktober #inktober 2023 #golden calf #scripture #moo #art #artist on tumblr

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flaxenbull · 2 years

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Some fantastic bovine tattoos from the talented gay.famous on insta (reposted with permission)

#tattoos #bovine #Minotaur #golden calf #Taurus #Bull #cow #animals #tattoo

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starbitangel8 · 10 months

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moo 🐄

#cow #calf #cows #farm animals #golden calf #aesthetic #moodboard #cute #cuteness #adorable #too cute #awww

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baba-the-yagaa · 10 months

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The golden calf has a beach episode and I have not seen fanart of it this is criminal

#Ostap bender #golden calf #ostap bender #bender posting #he goes for a swim. why haven't i seen an image #fuck you imma make it myself

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girlactionfigure · 2 years

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16 Tamuz - The Golden Calf- 1313 BCE

On this day in the year 1313 BCE, the Jewish people created the Golden Calf. When Moshe ascended Mt. Sinai to receive the Torah on the 7th of Sivan, he assured the people that he would return 40 days later in the morning. He left Aharon and Chur in charge. The people mistakenly thought that the day Moshe ascended counted as the first day, even though he was not on the mountain for the full day. According to their miscalculation, the 40th day was today. When high noon arrived and the morning had clearly passed, the people panicked. They thought that Moshe had surely died on Mt. Sinai, and they were now leaderless in the desert.

Chur tried to reason with them, and convince them of their calculation error. In their state of hysteria, the people killed him. Witnessing this, and having complete faith that Moshe would return, Aharon stalled for time. The people asked for an idol to replace Moshe, falling back on the beliefs they had abandoned in Egypt. Aharon said he would need their silver and gold to create the idol, thinking the people would at least hesitate to do this. Everyone gave generously. Aharon then threw all of the precious metal into the fire, hoping that would delay. Some stowaways from Egypt used sorcery at that point, and the Golden Calf emerged. In one final attempt to stall, Aharon built an altar and said tomorrow we will make a holiday for this new god, completely confident that by then Moshe would be back. Again, in their zeal, the people rose early to worship the calf before Moshe had time to descend the mountain. Later in the morning, Moshe returned. When he witnessed the treacherous behavior, he smashed the brand new stone tablets in an attempt to wake the people up.

Rabbi Pinchas L. Landis

#OTD #Golden calf #Torah #Judaism #Jewish #Moshe

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rickwhite · 1 year

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Ki Tissa: A Lesson in Leadership

Moses was on top of Mount Sinai, experiencing Divine revelation on a level beyond the grasp of ordinary prophets.

At the foot of the mountain, however, the people began to worry. Not knowing why Moses was taking so long, not understanding how he could live without food and water for forty days, they felt abandoned and leaderless. They demanded that Aaron make them a golden calf, and they worshipped it.

God’s response was immediate — He banished Moses from Mount Sinai:

“Leave! Go down! The people whom you brought out of Egypt have become corrupt.” (Exodus 32:7)

It seems unfair. The people sin, and Moses is kicked off the mountain?

A Suitable Leader

In order for a leader to succeed, he must be appreciated and valued by his followers. The leader may possess a soul greatly elevated above the people, but it is crucial that the people should be able to relate to and learn from their leader.

At Mount Sinai, the Jewish people were on a lofty spiritual level. As a result, Moses was able to attain a supreme level of prophecy and revelation on top of the mountain. But after they sinned with the golden calf, Moses would no longer be a suitable leader were he to retain his spiritual attainments. It was necessary for Moses to “step down,” to lower himself, in order to continue serving as their guide and leader.

This idea is clearly expressed by the Talmud in Berachot 32a:

“What does it mean, ‘Go down’? God told Moses, ‘Go down from your greatness. I only gave you pre-eminence for the sake of the Jewish people. Now they have sinned — why should you be elevated?’

Immediately, Moses’ [spiritual] strength left him.”

(Gold from the Land of Israel, pp. 160-161. Adapted from Ein Eyah vol. I, pp. 142-143.)

#Sinai #Moshe #divine revelation #go down #heit haeigel #golden calf

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apenitentialprayer · 2 years

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Once, long ago, she’d allowed herself to think seriously about what human beings would do, confronted directly with a sign of God’s presence in their lives. The Bible, that repository of Western wisdom, was instructive either as myth or history, she decided. God was at Sinai and within weeks, people were dancing in front of a golden calf. God walked in Jerusalem and days later, folks nailed Him up and then went back to work. Faced with the Divine, people took refuge in the banal, as though answering a cosmic multiple-choice question: If you saw a burning bush, would you (a) call 911, (b) get the hot dogs, or (c) recognize God? A vanishingly small number of people would recognize God, Anne had decided years before, and most of them had simply missed a dose of Thorazine.

- Mary Doria Russell (The Sparrow: A Novel, page 100). Bolded emphases added.

#Christianity #Catholicism #doubt #faith #miracle #Jesus Christ #Golden Calf #Crucifixion #Burning Bush #The Sparrow

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patwrites · 1 year

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