16The stones were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, cut on the stones.
17Now when the noise and the voices of the people came to the ears of Joshua, he said to Moses, There is a noise of war in the tents.
18And Moses said, It is not the voice of men who are overcoming in the fight, or the cry of those who have been overcome; it is the sound of songs which comes to my ear.
19And when he came near the tents he saw the image of the ox, and the people dancing; and in his wrath Moses let the stones go from his hands, and they were broken at the foot of the mountain.
20And he took the ox which they had made, burning it in the fire and crushing it to powder, and he put it in the water and made the children of Israel take a drink of it.
21And Moses said to Aaron, What did the people do to you that you let this great sin come on them?
22And Aaron said, Let not my lord be angry; you have seen how the purposes of this people are evil.
