Exodus 32:1-3 ▼

1 When the people saw that Moses took a long time to come down the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and told him, |Come here and make us a god who will go before us, because, as for this fellow Moses who led us out of the land of Egypt, we don't know what has become of him.|

2 Aaron told them, |Tear off the gold rings which are in the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters and bring them to me.|

3 All the people tore off the gold rings that were in their ears and brought them to him.