Exodus 32:5-7

International Standard Version

⁵ When Aaron saw this, he built an altar in front of it, and then he proclaimed, “Tomorrow is to be a festival to the Lord.” ⁶ They got up early the next day and offered burnt offerings and brought peace offerings. Then the people sat down to eat and drink, and then they got up to play.^[a]

Moses Intercedes for Israel

⁷ The Lord told Moses, “Go down immediately,^[b] because your people whom you led out of Egypt have behaved corruptly.