Bible Verses

Then Moses stood at the camp gate and said: “All those for the Lord, come to me.” And all the sons of Levi rallied around him.

Moses saw that the people were out of control, for Aaron had let them run wild, to the point that it made them easy prey for their opponents.

I then said to them that whoever had gold was to give it over to me. I threw it in the fire, and out came this calf!”

They said to me: ‘Make us gods to go before us; as for this Moses, the man who brought us out of Egypt, we don’t know what has happened to him.’

And Aaron said: “Don’t let your anger be roused. You know these people and their evil nature.

Moses said to Aaron, “What did these people do to you that you brought such a great sin on them?”

Then he seized the calf they had made and burned it in the fire, grinding it into a powder that he scattered over the surface of the water, and this he made the Israelites drink.

When he drew near the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, his anger burst forth, and he threw down the tablets he was holding, shattering them at the foot of the mountain.

But Moses answered: “It is not a victory song, nor the cry of defeat that I hear, but the sound of singing.”

When Joshua heard the noise of the people who were shouting, he said to Moses: “There is a sound of war in the camp.”