3 All the people took off the golden rings which were in their ears, and brought them to Aaron.
4 He received what they handed him, and fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made it a molten calf; and they said, 'These are your gods, Israel, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt.'
5 When Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made a proclamation, and said, 'Tomorrow shall be a feast to Yahweh.'
6 They rose up early on the next day, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace-offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.
7 Yahweh spoke to Moses, 'Go, get down; for your people, who you brought up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves!
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