39. “But our ancestors did not want to obey Moses. They rejected him. They wanted to go back to Egypt again.
40. They said to Aaron, ‘Moses led us out of the country of Egypt. But we don’t know what has happened to him. So make some gods to go before us and lead us.’
41. So the people made an idol that looked like a calf. Then they brought sacrifices to it. They were very happy with what they had made with their own hands.
42. But God turned against them and let them continue worshiping the army of false gods in the sky. This is what God says in the book that contains what the prophets wrote: ‘People of Israel, you did not bring me blood offerings and sacrifices in the desert for 40 years;
43. You carried with you the tent for worshiping Moloch and the image of the star of your god Rephan. These were the idols you made to worship. So I will send you away beyond Babylon.’ Amos 5:25-27
44. “The Holy Tent was with our ancestors in the desert. God told Moses how to make this tent. He made it like the plan that God showed him.