c. 1446 BC
While Moses was on Mount Sinai receiving the Law, the Israelites grew impatient and persuaded Aaron to make a golden calf idol. They worshiped it with revelry. Moses returned, broke the tablets in anger, and approximately 3,000 idolaters were slain.
The golden calf incident reveals the persistent human tendency toward idolatry and unfaithfulness even in the presence of overwhelming evidence of God's power and love.
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