Exodus 32:23-25

New Century Version

²³ The people said to me, ‘Moses led us out of Egypt, but we don’t know what has happened to him. Make us gods who will lead us.’ ²⁴ So I told the people, ‘Take off your gold jewelry.’ When they gave me the gold, I threw it into the fire and out came this calf!”

²⁵ Moses saw that the people were acting wildly. Aaron had let them get out of control and become fools in front of their enemies.