Exodus 32:1-4

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The People Make a Gold Calf

32 The people saw that ·a long time had passed and Moses had not [^LMoses delayed to] come down from the mountain. So they ·gathered [assembled] ·around [or against] Aaron and said, “[^LThis man] Moses ·led [brought] us out of Egypt, but we don’t know what has happened to him. Make us ·gods [or a god; or an image of God] who will ·lead [^Lgo before] us.”

² Aaron said to ·the people [^Lthem], “·Take [Pull] off the gold earrings that your wives, sons, and daughters are wearing, and bring them to me.” ³ So all the people ·took [pulled off] their gold earrings and brought them to Aaron. ⁴ He took ·the gold [^Lit] from ·the people [^Ltheir hands] and formed it ·with a tool [or in a mold] and made a ·statue [image] of a calf. Then the people said, “Israel, ·these are your gods [or this is your God; ^Ceither an idol to a false god or an inappropriate image for a false worship of the true God] who brought you out of the land of Egypt [1 Kin. 12:28]!”