EXODUS 32:24 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 1
“And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it off. So they gave it me: then I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf.”
So I told them, whoever has any gold jewelry, take it off. Then they gave me the gold, and I threw it into the fire, and out came this calf! Aaron's pretense that the calf emerged spontaneously from the fire is one of Scripture's most transparent deflections. Verse 4 described Aaron fashioning the calf with a tool — it was designed, crafted, and intentional. James 1:14–15 describes how sin is conceived and gives birth — the attribution of sin to external circumstances rather than internal choice is exactly the evasion James' analysis exposes. The calf came out because Aaron made it come out. That is the complete story.
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