3 And the people did what he had commanded, carrying the earrings to Aaron.
4 And when he had received them, he formed these by the work of a casting furnace, and he made from these a molten calf. And they said: 'These are your gods, O Israel, who led you away from the land of Egypt.'
5 And when Aaron had seen it, he built an altar before it, and he cried out with a voice of proclamation, saying, 'Tomorrow is the solemnity of the Lord.'
6 And rising up in the morning, they offered holocausts, and peace victims, and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and they rose up to play.
7 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 'Go, descend. Your people, whom you led away from the land of Egypt, have sinned.
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