They madea calfin HorebAnd worshipeda moltenimage.
"Evenwhenthey madefor themselves A calfof moltenmetalAnd said,'Thisis your GodWhobroughtyou up from Egypt,'And committedgreatblasphemies,
Now when the peoplesawthat Mosesdelayedto comedownfrom the mountain,the peopleassembledaboutAaronand saidto him, "Come,makeus a godwhowill gobeforeus; as for thisMoses,the manwhobroughtus up from the landof Egypt,we do not knowwhathas becomeof him."
Then the LORDsmotethe people,becauseof whatthey didwith the calfwhichAaronhad made.
"At that timethey made a calfand broughta sacrificeto the idol,and were rejoicingin the worksof their hands.
Do not be idolaters,as someof them were; as it is written,"THE PEOPLESAT DOWNTO EATAND DRINK,AND STOODUP TO PLAY."
"For I was afraidof the angerand hotdispleasurewith whichthe LORDwas wrathfulagainstyou in order to destroyyou, but the LORDlistenedto me that timealso.
"I tookyour sinful[thing], the calfwhichyou had made,and burnedit with fireand crushedit, grindingit verysmalluntilit was as fineas dust;and I threwits dustinto the brookthat camedownfrom the mountain.
"Even at Horebyou provokedthe LORDto wrath,and the LORDwas so angrywith you that He would have destroyedyou.