Exodus 32:5

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Exodus 32:5 (WEB)
When Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made a proclamation, and said, “Tomorrow shall be a feast to the LORD.”

Catechism · 1

§2577Article 1 · In the Old TestamentRead at vatican.va
From this intimacy with the faithful God, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, Moses drew strength and determination for his intercession. He does not pray for himself but for the people whom God made his own.

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Ambrose of Milan

Ambrose of Milan, Concerning Virgins I.9Book I
“In this way the people of God after they sat down to eat and drink denied God.” — editor's note: Exod. xxxii. 5.
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Augustine of Hippo

Augustine of Hippo, Confessions VII.9Book VII
“…four-footed beast instead of Thee, turning back in heart towards Egypt, and prostrating Thy image—their own soul—before the image “of an ox that eateth grass.”” — editor's note: Ps. cvi. 20; Ex. xxxii. 1–6.
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