Exodus 32:1-4

Good News Translation

The Gold Bull-Calf^(A)

32 ^(B)When the people saw that Moses had not come down from the mountain but was staying there a long time, they gathered around Aaron and said to him, “We do not know what has happened to this man Moses, who led us out of Egypt; so make us a god^[a] to lead us.”

² Aaron said to them, “Take off the gold earrings which your wives, your sons, and your daughters are wearing, and bring them to me.” ³ So all the people took off their gold earrings and brought them to Aaron. ^4 (C)He took the earrings, melted them, poured the gold into a mold, and made a gold bull-calf.

The people said, “Israel, this is our god, who led us out of Egypt!”