Exodus 32:21-25

21Then Moses said to Aaron, “What did this people do to you, that you have brought so great a sin on them?”

22Aaron said, “Do not let the anger of my lord burn; you know the people yourself, that they are prone to evil.

23For they said to me, ‘Make us a god who will go before us; as for this Moses, the man who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.’

24I said to them, ‘Let whoever has gold [jewelry], take it off.’ So they gave it to me; then I threw it into the fire, and out came this calf.”

25Now when Moses saw that the people were out of control—for Aaron had let them get out of control to the point of being an object of mockery among their enemies—