Moses was up on Mt. Sinai,
With two tablets made of stone.
On them the 10 Commandments were written,
By the finger of God alone.
He was on the mountain 40 days,
Meanwhile the people grew restless.
They pressured Aaron, brother to Moses,
To make gods, to which he said “Yes.”
Aaron asked the Hebrew people,
For the jewelry they had worn.
All of the people complied,
And a golden calf was born.
Aaron took a tool,
And cast the idol into a calf.
He called the calf their rescuing idol,
But the idol would bring God’s wrath.
He built an altar in front of the calf,
On which people could sacrifice.
It was all done in the name of the Lord,
But their sin would cost a great price.
The next day was a festival day;
It began with a round of offerings,
Then came eating and drinking and revelry,
Which would end in a series of sufferings.
The Lord sent Moses down from the mountain,
When he saw what the people had done.
He told Moses to leave Him be,
He was about to spoil their fun.
His anger burned against the people,
He was ready to destroy them all.
But Moses appealed to the Lord to relent,
For the fathers of Israel.
The Lord relented, and Moses descended,
And when he reached Joshua’s stand,
He was told about the sound of war,
While holding the law of the land.
Moses responded to Joshua,
It’s not the sound of victory near,
It is also not the sound of defeat;
It is the sound of singing I hear.”
When Moses approached the camp,
And saw the calf and the people’s lewd dancing,
His anger burned and he threw down the tablets,
Which resulted in the laws breaking.
He burned the calf in the fire;
Ground the idol into powder with a stink.
He scattered the gold dust on the water,
Which he made the Israelites drink.
He said to Aaron, “What did people do to you,
That you led them into such sin?
Aaron began by telling the truth,
Which turned into a half truth then.
“I asked for gold and they gave it to me,
I threw the gold into the fire,
Miraculously, out came this calf!”
At that point he became a full liar.
Moses stood at the entrance to the camp and said,
“Whoever is for the LORD, come to me.”
All the Levites rallied to him.
Those who didn’t were a thousand times three.
Each Levite was to strap a sword to his side.
And Go back and forth through the campsite,
Killing even those they loved;
The Levites did right in God’s sight.
Moses commended the Levites for this,
And their quick obedience spared them.
Though God’s anger had dwindled,
Many others he would condemn.
God expects obedience,
For obedience is an act of love.
When flagrant sin runs out of control,
He will punish the sinners thereof.
Becky Wall
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