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He took them from them[a] and, using a tool, fashioned them into a molten calf.[b] The people[c] said, “This, Israel, is your god who brought you out of the land of Egypt.”

When Aaron saw this, he built an altar in front of it, and then he proclaimed, “Tomorrow is to be a festival to the Lord.” They got up early the next day and offered burnt offerings and brought peace offerings. Then the people sat down to eat and drink, and then they got up to play.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 32:4 Lit. from their hand
  2. Exodus 32:4 I.e. an image made by pouring hot, liquid metal into a mold
  3. Exodus 32:4 Lit. They
  4. Exodus 32:6 I.e. to engage in sexual immorality