19 As soon as he came near the camp, he saw the calf and the dancing; and Moses' anger burned hot, and he threw the tablets out of his hands and broke them at the foot of the mountain.
20 He took the calf which they had made, burned it in the fire, and ground it to powder, scattered it on the water, and made the children of Israel drink it.
21 Moses said to Aaron, "What did this people do to you, that you have brought such a great sin upon them?"
22 Aaron said, "Do not let the anger of my lord burn hot; you know the people, that they are bent on mischief.
23 For they said to me, 'Make us gods who shall go before us; as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.'
24 And I said to them, 'Whoever has any gold, let them break it off.' So they gave it to me, and I threw it into the fire, and this calf came out."
25 When Moses saw that the people were unrestrained (for Aaron had not restrained them, to their shame among their enemies),