36 verses contain “calf” (in the KJV: 30, in the BSB: 33) — showing 1–36
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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.
Meanwhile, Abraham ran to the
herd, selected a tender and choice
calf, and gave it to a servant, who
hurried to prepare it.
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.
Then Abraham brought curds and milk and the
calf that had been prepared, and he set them before the men and stood by them under the tree as they
ate.
And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a
molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
He took the gold from their hands, and with an engraving tool he fashioned it into a
molten calf. And they said, “These, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!”
And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made
proclamation, and said, To
morrow is a feast to the LORD.
When Aaron saw this, he built an altar before the
calf and proclaimed: “
Tomorrow shall be a feast to the LORD.”
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.
How quickly they have turned aside from the way that I commanded them! They have made for themselves a
molten calf and have bowed down to it. They have sacrificed to it and said, ‘These, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.’”
And it came to pass, as soon as he came
nigh unto the camp, that he saw the
calf, and the dancing: and Moses’ anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and
brake them beneath the mount.
As Moses approached the camp and saw the
calf and the dancing, he burned with anger and threw the tablets out of his hands,
shattering them at the base of the mountain.
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.
Then he took the calf they had made, burned it in the fire, ground it to powder, and scattered the powder over the face of the water. Then he forced the Israelites to drink it.
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.
So I said to them, ‘
Whoever has gold, let him take it off,’ and they gave it to me. And when I threw it into the fire, out came this
calf!”
And the LORD plagued the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made.
And the LORD sent a plague on the people because of what they had done with the calf that Aaron had made.
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.
He said to Aaron, “Take for
yourself a young bull for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering, both without
blemish, and present them before the LORD.
And unto the children of Israel thou shalt speak, saying, Take ye a
kid of the goats for a sin offering; and a
calf and a lamb, both of the first year, without
blemish, for a burnt offering;
Then speak to the Israelites and say, ‘Take a male goat for a sin offering, a
calf and a lamb—both a year old and without
blemish—for a burnt offering,
Aaron therefore went unto the altar, and
slew the
calf of the sin offering, which was for himself.
So Aaron approached the altar and slaughtered the calf as a sin offering for himself.
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.
And I saw how you had
sinned against the LORD your God; you had made for
yourselves a
molten calf. You had turned aside quickly from the way that the LORD had commanded you.
And I took your sin, the
calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small, even until it was as small as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the
brook that descended out of the mount.
And I took that sinful thing, the
calf you had made, and burned it in the fire. Then I
crushed it and ground it to powder as fine as dust, and I cast it into the stream that came down from the mountain.
And the woman had a fat
calf in the house; and she hasted, and killed it, and took flour, and
kneaded it, and did
bake unleavened bread thereof:
And it was so, that when they that bare the ark of the LORD had gone six paces, he sacrificed oxen and fatlings.
When those carrying the ark of the LORD had advanced six paces, he sacrificed an ox and a
fattened calf.
And he set the one in
Bethel, and the other put he in
Dan.
One
calf he set up in
Bethel, and the other in
Dan.
And he ordained him priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for the
calves which he had made.
And
Jeroboam appointed his own priests for the high places and for the goat demons and
calf idols he had made.
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;
Even when they cast for themselves an image of a calf and said, ‘This is your God who brought you up out of Egypt,’ and when they committed terrible blasphemies,
Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.
Their bulls breed without fail; their cows bear
calves and do not miscarry.
He makes
Lebanon skip like a
calf, and Sirion like a young wild ox.
They made a
calf in
Horeb, and worshipped the
molten image.
At
Horeb they made a
calf and worshiped a
molten image.
The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the
leopard shall lie down with the
kid; and the
calf and the young lion and the
fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.
The wolf will live with the lamb, and the
leopard will lie down with the goat; the
calf and young lion and
fatling will be together, and a little child will lead them.
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.
For the fortified city lies deserted— a
homestead abandoned, a wilderness
forsaken. There the
calves graze, and there they lie down; they strip its branches bare.
I have surely heard Ephraim
bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast
chastised me, and I was
chastised, as a
bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my God.
I have surely heard Ephraim’s
moaning: ‘You disciplined me severely, like an untrained
calf. Restore me, that I may return, for You are the LORD my God.
And I will give the men that have
transgressed my covenant, which have not performed the words of the covenant which they had made before me, when they cut the
calf in
twain, and passed between the parts thereof,
And those who have
transgressed My covenant and have not fulfilled the terms of the covenant they made before Me, I will treat like the
calf they cut in two in order to pass between its pieces.
The princes of Judah, and the princes of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, and the priests, and all the people of the land, which passed between the parts of the calf;
The officials of Judah and Jerusalem, the court officials, the priests, and all the people of the land who passed between the pieces of the calf,
And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a
calf’s foot: and they
sparkled like the colour of
burnished brass.
Their legs were straight, and the soles of their feet were like the
hooves of a
calf,
gleaming like polished bronze.
Thy
calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is
kindled against them: how long will it be
ere they attain to
innocency?
He has rejected your
calf, O Samaria. My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of
innocence?
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.
For this thing is from Israel— a
craftsman made it, and it is not God. It will be broken to pieces, that
calf of Samaria.
The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the
calves of Beth-
aven: 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.
The people of Samaria will fear for the
calf of Beth-
aven. Indeed, its people will
mourn with its
idolatrous priests— those who
rejoiced in its glory— for it has been taken from them into exile.
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.
‘Your brother has returned,’ he said, ‘and your father has killed the
fattened calf, because he has him back safe and sound.’
But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath
devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the
fatted calf.
But when this son of yours returns from
squandering your wealth with prostitutes, you kill the
fattened calf for him!’
And they made a
calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto the
idol, and
rejoiced in the works of their own hands.
At that time they made a
calf and offered a sacrifice to the
idol,
rejoicing in the works of their hands.
And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle.
The first living creature was like a lion, the second like a calf, the third had a face like a man, and the fourth was like an eagle in flight.