Exodus 32:21-25

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

22Aaron said, “Do not let your anger burn hot, my lord; you know these people, that they tend to evil.

23They said to me, ‘Make us gods that will go before us, for as for this fellow Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him.’

24So I said to them, ‘Whoever has gold, break it off.’ So they gave it to me, and I threw it into the fire, and this calf came out.”

25Moses saw that the people were running wild, for Aaron had let them get completely out of control, causing derision from their enemies.