And when the people saw that Moses adelayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, bUp, make us gods, which shall cgo before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him. 2 And Aaron said unto them, Break off the dgolden earrings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me. 3 And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron. 4 eAnd he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a emolten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. 5 And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made fproclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to the Lord. 6 And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the gpeople sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to hplay.

7 And the Lord said unto Moses, iGo, get thee down; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, jhave corrupted themselves: 8 They have turned aside quickly out of the way which kI commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, lThese be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.