Exodus 32:1–9

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. ²And 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. ³And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron. ^4eAnd 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. ⁵And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made ^fproclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to the Lord. ⁶And 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.

⁷And the Lord said unto Moses, ⁱGo, get thee down; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, ^jhave corrupted themselves: ⁸They 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. ⁹And the Lord said unto Moses, ^mI have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people: