Exodus 32:20-23

20He took the calf they had made, burned it up, and ground it to powder. He scattered the powder over the surface of the water and forced the Israelites to drink the water.

21Then Moses asked Aaron, “What did these people do to you that you have led them into such a grave sin?”

22“Don’t be enraged, my lord,” Aaron replied. “You yourself know that the people are intent on evil.

23They said to me, ‘Make gods for us who will go before us because this Moses, the man who brought us up from the land of Egypt — we don’t know what has happened to him!’