15. And Moses turned and went down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony were in his hand; the tables were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written.
16. And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.
17. And Joshua, hearing the noise of the people as they shouted, said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp.
18. And he answered, It is not the voice of those that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of those that cry for being overcome, but the noise of those that sing that I hear.
19. And it came to pass as soon as he came near unto the camp and he saw the calf and the dances, anger caused Moses to wax hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands and broke them at the foot of the mount.
20. And he took the calf which they had made and burnt it in the fire and ground it to powder and scattered it upon the waters and made the sons of Israel drink it.
21. And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people do unto thee that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them?
22. And Aaron answered, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot; thou knowest the people that they are inclined to evil.