Exodus 32:4

4And he took the gold from their hands, and fashioned it with an engraving tool and made it into a molten 32:4 The selection of a calf-god was probably inspired by the Egyptian bull-god Apis (Hapis), believed to be a living manifestation of the Egyptian god, Ptah.calf; and they said, “This is your god, O Israel, who brought you up from the land of Egypt.”