Exodus 32:24 CPDV

²²  And he answered him: 'Let not my lord be indignant. For you know this people, that they are prone to evil.

²³  They said to me: 'Make gods for us, who may go before us. For this Moses, who led us away from the land of Egypt, we do not know what has befallen him.'

²⁴  And I said to them, 'Which of you has gold?' And they took it and gave it to me. And I threw it into the fire, and this calf came out.'

²⁵  Therefore, Moses, seeing that the people were naked (for Aaron had stripped them because of the disgrace of their sordidness, and he had set them naked among their enemies),

²⁶  and standing at the gate of the camp, said: 'If anyone is for the Lord, let him join with me.' And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together to him.