Exodus 32:1-6

The Golden Calf

Then the people saw that Moses ^adelayed to come down from the mountain. So the people assembled about Aaron and said to him, “Arise, ^bmake us ¹gods who will go before us; as for ^cthis Moses, the man who brought us up from the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.” 2 And Aaron said to them, “^aTear off the gold rings which are in the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to me.” 3 Then all the people tore off the gold rings which were in their ears and brought them to Aaron. 4 And he took this from their hand and fashioned it with a graving tool and made it into a ^amolten calf; and they said, “¹These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up from the land of Egypt.” 5 And Aaron looked and built an altar before it; and Aaron made a proclamation and said, “Tomorrow shall be a feast to Yahweh.” 6 So the next day they rose early and ^aoffered burnt offerings and brought peace offerings; and ^bthe people sat down to eat and to drink and rose up ^cto play.