20. He melted the idol the people had made, and he ground it into powder. He scattered it in their water and made them drink it.
21. Moses asked Aaron, “What did these people do to harm you? Why did you make them sin in this terrible way?”
22. Aaron answered:Don't be angry with me. You know as well as I do that they are determined to do evil.
23. They even told me, “That man Moses led us out of Egypt, but now we don't know what has happened to him. Make us a god to lead us.”
24. Then I asked them to bring me their gold earrings. They took them off and gave them to me. I threw the gold into a fire, and out came this bull.
25. Moses knew that the people were out of control and that it was Aaron's fault. And now they had made fools of themselves in front of their enemies.
26. So Moses stood at the gate of the camp and shouted, “Everyone who is on the Lord's side come over here!”Then the men of the Levi tribe gathered around Moses,