Bible Verses About calf
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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.
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And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetcht a calf tender and good, and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it.
They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.
But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.
And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.
And he said unto Aaron, Take thee a young calf for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering, without blemish, and offer them before the Lord.
And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strawed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it.
And I looked, and, behold, ye had sinned against the Lord your God, and had made you a molten calf: ye had turned aside quickly out of the way which the Lord had commanded you.
Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.
They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
And he ordained him priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for the calves which he had made.
Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency?
Aaron therefore went unto the altar, and slew the calf of the sin offering, which was for himself.
Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This is thy God that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought great provocations;
Therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between cattle and cattle.
And the Lord plagued the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made.
And whether it be cow or ewe, ye shall not kill it and her young both in one day.
And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.
For from Israel was it also: the workman made it; therefore it is not God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.
Yet the defenced city shall be desolate, and the habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof.
From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.
And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.
And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home:
Now therefore make a new cart, and take two milch kine, on which there hath come no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, and bring their calves home from them:
And for thy cattle, and for the beast that are in thy land, shall all the increase thereof be meat.
Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.
Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not an hoof be left behind; for thereof must we take to serve the Lord our God; and we know not with what we must serve the Lord, until we come thither.
This also shall please the Lord better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs.
And I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle, that thou mayest eat and be full.
Only the firstling of the beasts, which should be the Lordβs firstling, no man shall sanctify it; whether it be ox, or sheep: it is the Lordβs.
Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it, because there was no grass.
Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?
And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.
And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep;
Take with you words, and turn to the Lord: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.
The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Bethβaven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof that rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it.
And as for you, O my flock, thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I judge between cattle and cattle, between the rams and the he goats.
Therefore thus saith the Lord God unto them; Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat cattle and between the lean cattle.
But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
And they slew a bullock, and brought the child to Eli.
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