Then the LORDsmotethe people,becauseof whatthey didwith the calfwhichAaronhad made.
But the LORDstruckPharaohand his housewith greatplaguesbecauseof Sarai,Abram'swife.
"I saidto them, 'Whoeverhas any gold,let them tearit off.'So they gave[it] to me, and I threwit into the fire,and out camethiscalf."
Now when Mosessawthat the peoplewere out of control--for Aaronhad let them getout of controlto be a derisionamong their enemies--
So the sonsof Levididas Mosesinstructed,and about threethousandmenof the peoplefellthat day.
He took[this] from their hand,and fashionedit with a gravingtooland madeit into a moltencalf;and they said,"Thisis your god,O Israel,whobroughtyou up from the landof Egypt."
Those who diedby the plaguewere 24,000
(Nowthis manacquireda fieldwith the priceof his wickedness,and fallingheadlong,he burst openin the middleand allhis intestinesgushedout.
"At that timethey made a calfand broughta sacrificeto the idol,and were rejoicingin the worksof their hands.
