Exodus 32:1-4

1When the people saw how long it was taking Moses to come back down the mountain, they gathered around Aaron. “Come on,” they said, “make us some gods who can lead us. We don’t know what happened to this fellow Moses, who brought us here from the land of Egypt.”

2So Aaron said, “Take the gold rings from the ears of your wives and sons and daughters, and bring them to me.”

3All the people took the gold rings from their ears and brought them to Aaron.

4Then Aaron took the gold, melted it down, and molded it into the shape of a calf. When the people saw it, they exclaimed, “O Israel, these are the gods who brought you out of the land of Egypt!”