Deuteronomy 9:16

¹⁶ And I looked, and, behold, you had sinned against Jehovah your God, and had made you a molten calf; you had turned··aside quickly out of the way which Jehovah had commanded you.

Thanks to the Kempton Project for the permission to use this New Church translation of the Word.

Calves

In Genesis 18:7, this signifies natural good which here is called tender from the truth of good. (Arcana Coelestia 2180)

In Hosea 14:2, the calves of the lips signify confessions from the affection of truth.