Exodus 32:22-24

Good News Translation

²² Aaron answered, “Don't be angry with me; you know how determined these people are to do evil. ²³ They said to me, ‘We don't know what has happened to this man Moses, who brought us out of Egypt; so make us a god to lead us.’ ²⁴ I asked them to bring me their gold ornaments, and those who had any took them off and gave them to me. I threw the ornaments into the fire and out came this bull-calf!”