Exodus 32:20–34

²⁰And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strawed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it. ²¹And Moses said unto Aaron, ^cWhat did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them? ²²And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: ^dthou knowest the people, that they are set on mischief. ²³For they said unto me, ^eMake us gods, which shall go 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. ²⁴And I said unto them, ^fWhosoever hath any gold, let them break it off. So they gave it me: then I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf. ²⁵And when Moses saw that the people were naked; (for Aaron ^ghad made them naked unto their shame among ^†their enemies:) ²⁶Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the Lord’s side? let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him. ²⁷And he said unto them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and ^hslay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour. ²⁸And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men. ^29i||For Moses had said, ^†Consecrate yourselves to day to the Lord, even every man upon his son, and upon his brother; that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day.

³⁰And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people, ^kYe have sinned a great sin: and now I will go up unto the Lord; ^lperadventure I shall ^mmake an atonement for your sin. ³¹And Moses ⁿreturned unto the Lord, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have ^omade them gods of gold. ³²Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin—; ^pand if not, ^qblot me, I pray thee, ^rout of thy book which thou hast written. ³³And the Lord said unto Moses, ^sWhosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book. ³⁴Therefore now go, lead the people unto the place of which I have spoken unto thee: ^tbehold, mine Angel shall go before thee: nevertheless in the day when I visit I will visit their sin upon them.