Exodus 32:5 - Exposition

He built an altar before it . Aaron thus proceeded to "follow a multitude to evil" ( Exodus 23:2 ), and encouraged the idolatry which he felt himself powerless to restrain. Still, he did not intend that the people should drift away from the worship of Jehovah, or view the calf as anything but a symbol of him. He therefore made proclamation and said, Tomorrow is a feast to the Lord (literally, "to Jehovah ").