出埃及記32:1-8

32:1 百姓見摩西遲延不下山，就大家聚集到亞倫那裡，對他說：「起來！為我們做神像，可以在我們前面引路；因為領我們出埃及地的那個摩西，我們不知道他遭了甚麼事。」
32:2 亞倫對他們說：「你們去摘下你們妻子、兒女耳上的金環，拿來給我。」
32:3 百姓就都摘下他們耳上的金環，拿來給亞倫。
32:4 亞倫從他們手裡接過來，鑄了一隻牛犢，用雕刻的器具做成。他們就說：「以色列啊，這是領你出埃及地的上帝。」
32:5 亞倫看見，就在牛犢面前築壇，且宣告說：「明日要向耶和華守節。」
32:6 次日清早，百姓起來獻燔祭和平安祭，就坐下吃喝，起來玩耍。
32:7 耶和華吩咐摩西說：「下去吧，因為你的百姓，就是你從埃及地領出來的，已經敗壞了。
32:8 他們快快偏離了我所吩咐的道，為自己鑄了一隻牛犢，向它下拜獻祭，說：『以色列啊，這就是領你出埃及地的神。』」

When the people saw that Moses was so long in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said, “Come, make us gods^[a] who will go before us. As for this fellow Moses who brought us up out of Egypt, we don’t know what has happened to him.”

² Aaron answered them, “Take off the gold earrings that your wives, your sons and your daughters are wearing, and bring them to me.” ³ So all the people took off their earrings and brought them to Aaron. ⁴ He took what they handed him and made it into an idol cast in the shape of a calf, fashioning it with a tool. Then they said, “These are your gods,^[b] Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.”
⁵ When Aaron saw this, he built an altar in front of the calf and announced, “Tomorrow there will be a festival to the Lord.” ⁶ So the next day the people rose early and sacrificed burnt offerings and presented fellowship offerings. Afterward they sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.
 ⁷ Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go down, because your people, whom you brought up out of Egypt, have become corrupt. ⁸ They have been quick to turn away from what I commanded them and have made themselves an idol cast in the shape of a calf. They have bowed down to it and sacrificed to it and have said, ‘These are your gods, Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.’

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    在以色列人的反應中看到罪性的特質，就是不願意等候，喜歡用自己的意念來行事。摩西在山上一久，這些人就耐不住，用自己的想法來鑄造一隻金牛犢來敬拜，並且隨這迦南人的風俗來崇拜，正如聖經在這裡所說：「百姓起來獻燔祭和平安祭，就坐下吃喝，起來玩耍。」

    而從以色列人的失敗中，讓我們感受到，等候上帝對基督徒的生命是十分重要！我們寧可清楚上帝的旨意才來進行，等一下又何妨呢？總比任意妄為得罪上帝來得好！

    這也告訴我們，不要急著看見什麼成果，建立什麼成就，這些都不是我們要著急的，我們要期盼得是上帝的旨意成就，讓上帝的榮耀同在，而不是彰顯我們自己！