20He took the calf which they had made, and burnt it with fire, ground it to powder, and scattered it on the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it.
21Moses said to Aaron, "What did this people to you, that you have brought a great sin on them?"
22Aaron said, "Don`t let the anger of my lord grow hot. You know the people, that they are set on evil.
23For they said to me, `Make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we don`t know what has become of him.`
24I said to them, `Whoever has any gold, let them take it off:` so they gave it me; and I threw it into the fire, and out came this calf."
25When Moses saw that the people had broken loose, (for Aaron had let them loose for a derision among their enemies,)
26then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, "Whoever is on Yahweh`s side, come to me!" All the sons of Levi gathered themselves together to him.
