⁷ Then the Lord spoke to Moses, “Go ^[a]down at once, for your people, whom ^(A)you brought up from the land of Egypt, have ^(B)behaved corruptly.

⁸ They have quickly turned aside from the way which I commanded them. ^(A)They have made for themselves a cast metal calf, and have worshiped it and ^(B)have sacrificed to it and said, ‘^[a](C)This is your god, Israel, who brought you up from the land of Egypt!’”