What miracles did God do for Israel before the golden calf incident?
Before the golden calf incident, God miraculously brought Israel out of Egypt, opened the Red Sea, and kept His cloud and pillar of fire over them every day. Those wonders were visible evidence of His presence, which they could not escape, yet they still asked Aaron for gods.
Les teaches that before the golden calf, God had miraculously brought Israel out of Egypt and opened the Red Sea. He also stresses that the cloud and pillar of fire remained over them every day, a constant evidence of His presence they could not escape. Even so, once Moses delayed coming down from the mount, the people gathered to Aaron and said, "Up, make us gods, to go before us," showing the same human nature seen today.