⁵ When Aaron saw this, he built an altar in front of the calf and announced, “Tomorrow there will be a festival^(A) to the Lord.” ⁶ So the next day the people rose early and sacrificed burnt offerings and presented fellowship offerings.^(B) Afterward they sat down to eat and drink^(C) and got up to indulge in revelry.^(D)

⁷ Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go down, because your people, whom you brought up out of Egypt,^(E) have become corrupt.^(F)