Exo 32:1-9 | NASB2020 | STEP | Now when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain , the people assembled around Aaron and said to him, “ Come , make us a god who will go before us; for this Moses , the man who brought us up from the land of Egypt --we do not know what happened to him.”

Exodus 32:1-9

The Golden Calf

1 Now when the people saw that Moses ^adelayed to come down from the mountain, the people assembled around Aaron and said to him, “Come, ^bmake us ^{▼▼Or gods}a god who will go before us; for ^dthis Moses, the man who brought us up from the land of Egypt--we do not know what happened to him.” 2 Aaron said to them, “ ^eTear off the gold rings which are in the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to me.” 3 So all the people tore off the gold rings which were in their ears and brought them to Aaron. 4 Then he took the gold from their ^{▼▼Lit hand}hands, and fashioned it with an engraving tool and made it into a ^gcast metal calf; and they said, “ ^{▼▼Or These are your gods}This is your god, Israel, who brought you up from the land of Egypt.” 5 Now when Aaron saw this, he built an altar in front of it; and Aaron made a proclamation and said, “Tomorrow shall be a feast to the Lord.” 6 So the next day they got up early and ⁱoffered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and ^jthe people sat down to eat and to drink, and got up ^kto engage in lewd behavior.

7 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, “Go ^{▼▼Lit go down}down at once, for your people, whom ^myou brought up from the land of Egypt, have ⁿbehaved corruptly. 8 They have quickly turned aside from the way which I commanded them. ^oThey have made for themselves a cast metal calf, and have worshiped it and ^phave sacrificed to it and said, ‘ ^{▼▼Or These are your gods
,} ^rThis is your god, Israel, who brought you up from the land of Egypt!’” 9 ^sThen the Lord said to Moses, “I have seen this people, and behold, they are ^{▼▼Or a stiff-necked
,} ^uan obstinate people.