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.
21. Moses asked Aaron, “What did this people do to you that you should lead them into a grave sin?”
22. Aaron replied, “Do not let my lord be angry. You know how the people are prone to evil.
23. They said to me, ‘Make us a god to go before us; as for this man Moses who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him.’
24. So I told them, ‘Whoever is wearing gold, take it off.’ They gave it to me, and I threw it into the fire, and this calf came out.”