Naked Bible 308: Exodus 32

The Naked Bible Podcast

Dr. Michael S. Heiser

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 27 January 2020

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Exodus 32 details the tragic failure of Israel’s apostasy with the golden calf. The story is well known, mostly for its portrayal in the movie The Ten Commandments. The Israelites are in a panic. Moses has been gone forty days with no hint that he’ll return. In tandem with Moses’ absence, God has not manifested his presence over the same time period. The people are without evidence that God is still with them, they have no leader, they cannot return to Egypt, and they have no idea where they are supposed to go. They demand Aaron give them a god to fill these voids, a yearning that leads to disaster. This episode of the podcast discusses these elements and other less obvious issues in the passage, including whether the calf was thought to represent Yahweh in Israelite religion.

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0:26.3	Welcome to the Naked Bible Podcast, Episode 308 Exodus 32.
0:30.3	I'm the layman, Tray Strickland, and he's the scholar, Dr. Michael Heiser.
0:34.3	I'm used to you being on my left side, and now you're on my right side, on the right coast.
0:40.3	Yeah, no more left coast.
0:42.3	We are in Florida, for sure.
0:44.3	Yeah.
0:45.3	How is it?
0:46.3	Are you in shorts?
0:47.3	No, it's actually in the 40s here.
0:50.3	I think that's one of the things that surprised the kids anyway that they could get cold
0:56.3	here.
0:57.3	I actually wore gloves one day, you know, but hey, it's January.
1:01.3	It'll get warmer, and I keep Tom that old.
1:04.4	It'll get hot.
1:05.4	Now, can you count how many pairs of shorts you own on one hand?
1:09.5	You're probably going to say, OK, so you're brewing at the update your wardrobe for the summer.
1:16.3	Right.
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