10408. 'And they said, These are your gods, O Israel' means that it was to be worshipped above all things. This is clear from the meaning of 'gods' as things that are worshipped. The true meaning of 'foreign gods' is falsities, but at this point the meaning is evils as well as falsities because 'a graven image', which must be understood when it says that Aaron fashioned the gold with a chisel, means falsity, and 'a molded image' the evil of that falsity. For the meaning of 'foreign gods' as falsities and resulting evils in worship, see 4402(end), 4544, 7873, 8867, 8941.