Exodus 32:21-28

21“WhatH4100 did thisH2088 peopleH5971 doH6213 to you,” MosesH4872H413 askedH559 AaronH175, “thatH3588 you have led themH935 intoH5921 so greatH1419 a sinH2401?”

22“Do notH408 be enragedH2734H639, my lordH113,” AaronH175 repliedH559. “YouH859 yourself knowH3045 that the peopleH5971H3588 are intent on evilH7451H1931. 23They toldH559 me, ‘MakeH6213 us godsH430 whoH834 will goH1980 before usH6440. As forH3588 thisH2088 MosesH4872 whoH834 brought us upH5927 out of the landH776 of EgyptH4714, we do notH3808 knowH3045 whatH4100 has happenedH1961 to him!’

24So I saidH559 to them, ‘WhoeverH4310 has goldH2091, let him take it offH6561,’ and they gave itH5414 to me. And when I threw itH7993 into the fireH784, out cameH3318 thisH2088 calfH5695!”

25MosesH4872 sawH7200 that the peopleH5971 were out of controlH6544H1931H3588, forH3588 AaronH175 had let them run wildH6544 and become a laughingstockH81031 to their enemiesH6965. 26So MosesH4872 stoodH5975 at the entranceH8179 to the campH4264 and saidH559, “WhoeverH4310 is for the LORDH3068, come to meH413.”

And allH3605 the LevitesH1121H3878 gatheredH622 around himH413.

27He toldH559 them, “This is whatH3541 the LORDH3068, the GodH430 of IsraelH3478, saysH559: ‘Each of you menH376 is to fastenH7760 his swordH2719 toH5921 his sideH3409, go back and forthH5674H7725 through the campH4264 from gateH8179 to gateH8179, and slayH2026 his brotherH251H376, his friendH7453H376, and his neighborH7138.’”

28The LevitesH1121H3878 didH6213 as MosesH4872 commandedH1697, and thatH1931 dayH3117 about threeH7969 thousandH505 ofH4480 the peopleH5971 fell deadH5307.