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THE REVELATION OF GOD'S LAW ON MOUNT SINAI 109
Goo WRITES THE COMMANDMENTS ON THE TABLETS OF STONE
ยท The Israelites thought that Moses had fors.aken The them because he was absent so long. They therefore idol
the collected their jewels and, bringing them to Aaron, Israelites
forced him to make for them a golden calf such as they had seen worshiped in E pt. When the golden calf was ready, the Israelites adored it and made a great feast in its honor.
When Moses came down from the mountain with the two tablets of the Commandments and saw the people worshiping the golden calf and dancing around it, he was terribly angry. He threw the tablets of stone upon the ground at the foot of the mountain and broke them in pieces. He burnt the golden calf and beat it
into powder.
