Golden calf combined after the fall of northern kingdom, "the narrative was reworked to portray the northern kingdom in a negative light," and the worship of the calf was depicted as "polytheism, with the suggestion of a sexual orgy" (see Exodus 32:6). When compiling the narratives, P (a later Priest source from Jerusalem) may have minimized Aaron’s guilt in the matter, but preserved the negativity associated with the calf. Alternatively it could be said that there is no golden calf story in the J source, and if it is correct that the Jeroboam story was the original as stated by Friedman, then
The Husband Who Was to Mind the House the ale, which runs all over the cellar. He got more milk to churn, but remembered that the cow was still in the barn. Since he could not take her to the meadow, he decided to put her on the sod roof. He carried the churn to keep the baby from overturning, but he went for water for the cow, and spilled all the milk down the well. It was near dinner and he hadn't any butter. He set on the water to boil for porridge, but went up to tie the cow so she wouldn't fall off, and tied