How did the Israelites break the covenant at Mount Sinai?

      

Discuss how the Israelites broke the covenant at Mount Sinai.

  

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Maurice
(i) Moses had gone up the mountain to meet God and left Aaron in charge of the people.

(ii) He delayed in coming back hence the people became impatient of when they would reach the promised land.

(iii) The people lost faith in Yahweh and asked Aaron to make them gods who would lead them in the wilderness.

(iv) Aaron asked the people to take off the rings of gold from the ears of their wives and children and bring them to him.

(v) Aaron made a golden calf and presented it to the people who worshipped it as the god who brought them out of the land of Egypt.

(vi) Aaron built an altar for the golden calf.

(vii) He invited the people for a great feast the following day in honour of the calf.

(viii) The people rose up early in the morning and offered burnt offering and peace offering to the golden calf.

(ix) They danced, ate and made merry around the calf.

(x) Gold told Moses about the people's disobedience by making a golden calf as their god.

(xi) God's anger flared and He swore to destroy the entire nation for its unfaithfulness.

(xii) Moses interceded for the people and God relented.

(xiii) Moses came down the mountain with the two stone tablets on which God had written the Ten commandments.

(xiv) When Moses saw what the Israelites were doing, he was angry and threw down the stone tablets breaking them.

(xv) He took the golden calf, burnt it, mixed it with water and made the Israelites to drink it.

(xvi) Moses asked the people to decide between following Yahweh and the golden calf.

(xvii) The faithful ( sons of Levi) who stood on Yahweh's side were commanded by Moses to kill the unfaithful Israelites.
maurice.mutuku answered the question on June 16, 2017 at 13:00


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