14. And God did think twice. He decided not to do the evil he had threatened against his people.
17. When Joshua heard the sound of the people shouting noisily, he said to Moses, “That’s the sound of war in the camp!”
18. But Moses said,Those aren’t songs of victory,And those aren’t songs of defeat,I hear songs of people throwing a party.
21. Moses said to Aaron, “What on Earth did these people ever do to you that you involved them in this huge sin?”
24. “So I said, ‘Who has gold?’ And they took off their jewelry and gave it to me. I threw it in the fire and out came this calf.”