14. So the Lord changed his mind about the punishment he had threatened to inflict on his people.
15. Moses then turned and came down the mountain with the two tablets of the covenant in his hands, tablets that were written on both sides, front and back.
16. The tablets were made by God; the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets.
17. Now, when Joshua heard the noise of the people shouting, he said to Moses, “That sounds like a battle in the camp.”
18. But Moses answered,“It is not the noise of victory,it is not the noise of defeat;the sound I hear is singing.”
19. As he drew near the camp, he saw the calf and the dancing. Then Moses’ anger burned, and he threw the tablets down and broke them on the base of the mountain.
20. Taking the calf they had made, he burned it in the fire and then ground it down to powder, which he scattered on the water and made the Israelites drink.