Who built the altar before the golden calf and made the proclamation about a feast?
Aaron built the altar before the molten calf and made the proclamation, declaring, 'Tomorrow is a feast to the Lord.' After receiving the people's gold and fashioning the calf, he led them in this idolatrous worship, even though the feast was pagan, copied from an Egyptian god, not a true feast to Jehovah.
Les teaches that Aaron did not argue but immediately told the people to take off their jewelry and bring him gold so they could make a god. The people brought their earrings and gold, and Aaron fashioned it with a graving tool into a molten calf. They said, 'These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.' When Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it. Then Aaron made proclamation and said, 'Tomorrow is a feast to the Lord.' Les stresses that this was Aaron himself, the leader while Moses was gone. He asks whether it was a feast to Jehovah, and answers no—it was a pagan feast copied after an Egyptian god connected with the golden calf, which the transcript calls Apsis.
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.
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Was the feast Aaron proclaimed actually a feast to the Lord?
Aaron made a proclamation saying 'Tomorrow is a feast to the Lord,' but it was not a feast to Jehovah at all; it was a pagan feast copied right after one of the gods of Egypt, Apis, the golden calf.
Was Aaron's 'feast to the Lord' really a feast to Jehovah?
Aaron's announced 'feast to the Lord' was not actually a feast to Jehovah; it was a pagan feast copied after one of the gods of Egypt, which Les identifies as Apis, the golden calf.
Why was Aaron's involvement in the golden calf so much worse than if someone else had done it?
Aaron's going along with the idolatry was far worse than it would have been for someone on the fringe, such as a young person not yet steeped in the truth, because Aaron was the mature leader now that Moses was gone.
What did Aaron proclaim about the golden calf that showed he mixed idol worship with worship of the Lord?
Aaron mixed the worship of the golden calf idol with calling it a feast day of Jehovah, making a proclamation that 'Tomorrow is a feast to the Lord.'