3. So all the people took off the gold rings that were on their ears and brought them to Aaron.
4. He took the gold from their hands, fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made it into an image of a calf.Then they said, “Israel, this is your God, who brought you up from the land of Egypt! ”
5. When Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it; then he made an announcement: “There will be a festival to the Lord tomorrow.”
6. Early the next morning they arose, offered burnt offerings, and presented fellowship offerings. The people sat down to eat and drink, then got up to play.
7. The Lord spoke to Moses: “Go down at once! For your people you brought up from the land of Egypt have acted corruptly.
8. They have quickly turned from the way I commanded them; they have made for themselves an image of a calf. They have bowed down to it, sacrificed to it, and said, ‘Israel, this is your God, who brought you up from the land of Egypt.’ ”
9. The Lord also said to Moses: “I have seen this people, and they are indeed a stiff-necked people.