Exodus 32:1-2

The Golden Calf 1When the people saw that Moses was so long in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said, “Come, make us gods Or a god; also in verses 23 and 31 who will go before us. As for this fellow Moses who brought us up out of Egypt, we don’t know what has happened to him.” 2Aaron answered them, “Take off the gold earrings that your wives, your sons and your daughters are wearing, and bring them to me.”