KI TISSA - (Exodus 30:11–34:35): From the chaos of the Golden Calf—those unholy cows—to the enigma of Moses’ horns. Why did counting heads spark divine danger? What’s with God demanding atonement for a simple census? And how does the sanctuary shekel tease messianic threads? We sift through textual oddities, priestly turf wars, and whispers of…
...the people gathered together to Aaron, and said to him, “Come, make us gods that shall go before us"...And Aaron said to them, “Break off your golden earrings...and bring them to me.” ...And he received the gold from their hand, and he fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made a molded calf. Then they…
And when Moses came down from the Mount Sinai, he held the two tables of the testimony, and he knew not that his face was horned from the conversation of the Lord. And Aaron and the children of Israel seeing the face of Moses horned, were afraid to come near. - Latin Vulgate - Exodus…