Exo 32:1-4 | 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 32:1-4

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.”