Exodus 32:2-8

Expanded Bible

² Aaron said to ·the people [^Lthem], “·Take [Pull] off the gold earrings that your wives, sons, and daughters are wearing, and bring them to me.” ³ So all the people ·took [pulled off] their gold earrings and brought them to Aaron. ⁴ He took ·the gold [^Lit] from ·the people [^Ltheir hands] and formed it ·with a tool [or in a mold] and made a ·statue [image] of a calf. Then the people said, “Israel, ·these are your gods [or this is your God; ^Ceither an idol to a false god or an inappropriate image for a false worship of the true God] who brought you out of the land of Egypt [1 Kin. 12:28]!”

⁵ When Aaron saw all this, he built an altar before the calf and announced, “Tomorrow there will be a ·special feast to honor [festival for] the Lord.” ⁶ The people got up early the next morning and offered whole burnt offerings [Lev. 1] and ·fellowship [or peace] offerings [Lev. 3]. They sat down to eat and drink, and then they ·got up and sinned sexually [got up and amused themselves; ^Trose up to play; ^Ca euphemism].

⁷ Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go down from this mountain, because your people, the people you brought out of the land of Egypt, have ·ruined themselves [acted in a debauched/perverse manner]. ⁸ They have quickly turned away from the ·things [path; way] I commanded them to do. They have made for themselves a calf ·covered with gold [^Limage], and they have worshiped it and offered sacrifices to it. They have said, ‘Israel, ·these are your gods [or this is the God; 32:4] who brought you out of Egypt.’”