this statue represented a newly born animal tottering on wobbly legs. The word translated calf points to a fully developed ox in the prime of life.6 This was the most powerful domesticated animal they knew, one that would be extremely useful in an agricultural economy. From their perspective this reflected a very high view of God. On the negative side, though, it also reflected their wrong thinking about God. When they did not need an ox they would simply leave him in the stall or in the pasture.