The Israelites were lured into imitating Egyptian idolatry and reaped dire results when some 3,000 of them fell to the sword in one day. — Exodus 32: 2 - 6, 25 - 29.
Iisraellasi ahvatleti jäljendama Egiptuse ebajumalakummardamist ning nad kogesid selle kohutavaid tagajärgi, kui ühe päevaga neist 3000 langes mõõga läbi.