# Connecting Statement:

In these verses, the Levites continue to praise Yahweh in the presence of the people of Israel.

# you ... did not abandon them

Yahweh did not abandon the Israelites.

# cast a calf out of molten metal

melted metal and molded it in the shape of a calf

# The pillar of cloud ... the pillar of fire

See how you translated this in [Nehemiah 09:12](./12.md).