³⁵ “This is the same Moses they had rejected with the words, ‘Who made you ruler and judge?’^(A) He was sent to be their ruler and deliverer by God himself, through the angel who appeared to him in the bush. ³⁶ He led them out of Egypt^(B) and performed wonders and signs^(C) in Egypt, at the Red Sea^(D) and for forty years in the wilderness.^(E)

³⁷ “This is the Moses who told the Israelites, ‘God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your own people.’^{[a](F) 38} He was in the assembly in the wilderness, with the angel^(G) who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our ancestors;^(H) and he received living words^(I) to pass on to us.^(J)

³⁹ “But our ancestors refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.^{(K) 40} They told Aaron, ‘Make us gods who will go before us. As for this fellow Moses who led us out of Egypt—we don’t know what has happened to him!’^{[b](L) 41} That was the time they made an idol in the form of a calf. They brought sacrifices to it and reveled in what their own hands had made.^{(M) 42} But God turned away from them^(N) and gave them over to the worship of the sun, moon and stars.^(O) This agrees with what is written in the book of the prophets: