16 Questions
What did God give to Moses on Mount Sinai?
The tablets of the commandments
How long did Moses stay on Mount Sinai?
Forty days and nights
What did the people ask Aaron to make for them?
A golden calf
What did Moses do when he saw the golden calf?
He threw down the tablets
What did Moses do to the golden calf?
He burned it with fire, ground it to powder, scattered it on the water, and made the Israelites drink it
What did the people commit against God?
The sin of idolatry
What did the Lord say to Moses about the people?
They have acted perversely
What did Moses say to the people on the next day?
You have sinned a great sin
What was Moses prepared to accept on himself for the sins of the Israelites?
Punishment for their sins
What did God instruct Moses to do after forgiving the Israelites?
To write the commandments on new stone tablets
What was the result of the covenant that God made with Israel?
The Israelites became the people of the covenant
What did the commandments given to Moses represent?
The will of God for the Israelites
What was the significance of the Law of Moses?
It provided norms for the relationship between Israelites and God
What was the status of the Israelites after the covenant was sealed?
God's own people
What was the purpose of the commandments given to Moses?
To maintain a good and healthy relationship with God
What was the responsibility of the Israelites as a result of the covenant?
To lead ideal lives befitting the status of God's own children
Study Notes
The Incident of the Golden Calf
- Moses went up to Mount Sinai, where God gave him the tablets of the commandments, and he stayed for 40 days and nights.
- The people, thinking Moses had abandoned them, gathered around Aaron and asked him to create a god to lead them.
- Aaron made a golden calf, and the people offered sacrifices to it, sat down to eat and drink, and made merry.
God's Response
- God told Moses that the people had acted perversely and turned aside from the way He commanded them.
- God told Moses to go down from the mountain, as the people had cast for themselves an image of a calf, worshipped it, and sacrificed to it.
Moses' Reaction
- Moses came down from the mountain, saw the golden calf, and threw down the tablets at the foot of the mountain in anger.
- He took the calf, burned it with fire, ground it to powder, scattered it on the water, and made the Israelites drink it.
- Moses scolded the people and went to the Lord to beg for forgiveness for their sin.
Moses' Intercession
- Moses begged forgiveness for the people, saying, "Alas, this people has sinned a great sin; they have made for themselves gods of gold."
- He offered to take the punishment for their sins, saying, "But now, if you will only forgive their sin – but if not, blot me out of the book that you have written."
God's Forgiveness and the Covenant
- God forgave the people and told Moses to cut two tablets of stone like the former ones, and He would write on them the words that were on the former tablets.
- The covenant that God made with Israel turned them into the people of the covenant, making them:
- God's own people
- The people chosen by God
- The people being led by God
- The priestly people who offer sacrifices to God
This quiz is about the biblical story of Moses receiving the Ten Commandments from God on Mount Sinai and the people's impatience while waiting for his return. It explores the events that led to the creation of the golden calf.
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