Exodus 32:2-8
English Standard Version
2 So Aaron said to them, “Take off the (A)rings of gold that are in the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to me.” 3 So all the people took off the rings of gold that were in their ears and brought them to Aaron. 4 (B)And he received the gold from their hand and fashioned it with a graving tool and made a golden[a] calf. And they said, (C)“These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!” 5 When Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it. And Aaron (D)made a proclamation and said, “Tomorrow shall be a feast to the Lord.” 6 And they rose up early the next day and offered burnt offerings and brought peace offerings. And (E)the people sat down to eat and drink and rose up (F)to play.
7 And the Lord said to Moses, (G)“Go down, for your people, whom you brought up out of the land of Egypt, have (H)corrupted themselves. 8 They have turned aside quickly out of the way that (I)I commanded them. They have made for themselves a golden calf and have worshiped it and sacrificed to it and said, ‘These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!’”
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- Exodus 32:4 Hebrew cast metal; also verse 8
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