Exodus 32:17-22

New International Version

¹⁷ When Joshua^(A) heard the noise of the people shouting, he said to Moses, “There is the sound of war in the camp.”

¹⁸ Moses replied:

¹⁹ When Moses approached the camp and saw the calf^(B) and the dancing,^(C) his anger burned^(D) and he threw the tablets out of his hands, breaking them to pieces^(E) at the foot of the mountain. ²⁰ And he took the calf the people had made and burned^(F) it in the fire; then he ground it to powder,^(G) scattered it on the water^(H) and made the Israelites drink it.

²¹ He said to Aaron, “What did these people do to you, that you led them into such great sin?”

²² “Do not be angry,^(I) my lord,” Aaron answered. “You know how prone these people are to evil.^(J)