Definition. The Biblical Meaning of Calf refers in the old testament to a sacrifice offered to God as a token of gratitude in favor of his blessings. However, it was also used as a symbol of representation of other gods. The Bible makes as an example of reference to the golden calf that the people of Israel made after leaving the captivity of Egypt. (Exodus 32:4).
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In the story of Exodus, it narrates that when Moses brought the people out of Egypt, they demanded to have an image of the God of their fathers, however, as Moses was on the mountain receiving the tablets of the law, Aaron felt the pressure of the people, took the garments of gold, silver and precious jewels, melted the gold and created a calf so that the people worshiped it instead of God, consequently God rebuked and punished them not for replacing their God with another, but for making an idol and put it on the level of God. Another passage from the Bible in the book of Kings also talks about when the people of Israel worshiped a calf and were rebuked by God through a prophet in the cities of Bethlehem and Dan.