Bible Explorer · Event · c. 1446 BC
While Moses remains forty days atop Mount Sinai receiving the two tablets of stone, the people coerce Aaron into fashioning a molten calf from their golden rings; descending with Joshua and beholding the idolatry, Moses shatters the tablets, burns the calf, and the sons of Levi consecrate themselves by executing judgment.
Date: c. 1446 BC · Note: Occurred during Moses’ first forty-day ascent on Mount Sinai.
Exodus 32:1-35