The Lord was very angry with Aaron—enough to destroy him! So I also prayed for Aaron at that time.
So the Lord caused a terrible sickness to come to the people. He did this because they told Aaron to make the golden calf.
Moses said to Aaron, “What did these people do to you that would make you do this? Why did you lead them to do such a terrible sin?”
I was afraid of the Lord’s terrible anger. He was angry enough to destroy you, but the Lord listened to me again.
I took that terrible thing, the calf you made, and burned it in the fire. I broke it into small pieces. And I crushed the pieces until they were dust. Then I threw the dust into the river that came down from the mountain.