^4 (A)And he received the gold from their hand, and he fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made a molded calf.

Then they said, “This is your god, O Israel, that ^(B)brought you out of the land of Egypt!”

⁵ So when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it. And Aaron made a ^(C)proclamation and said, “Tomorrow is a feast to the Lord.” ⁶ Then they rose early on the next day, offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people ^(D)sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.

⁷ And the Lord said to Moses, ^(E)“Go, get down! For your people whom you brought out of the land of Egypt ^(F)have corrupted themselves. ⁸ They have turned aside quickly out of the way which ^(G)I commanded them. They have made themselves a molded calf, and worshiped it and sacrificed to it, and said, ^(H)‘This is your god, O Israel, that brought you out of the land of Egypt!’ ”

³¹ Then Moses ^(A)returned to the Lord and said, “Oh, these people have committed a great sin, and have ^(B)made for themselves a god of gold!