THE LORD SAID TO MOSES, “GO DOWN, BECAUSE YOUR PEOPLE, WHOM YOU BROUGHT UP OUT OF EGYPT, HAVE BECOME CORRUPT. THEY HAVE BEEN QUICK TO TURN AWAY FROM WHAT I COMMANDED THEM AND HAVE MADE THEMSELVES A GOLDEN IDOL CAST IN THE SHAPE OF A CALF. THEY HAVE BOWED DOWN TO IT AND SACRIFICED TO IT... THEY ARE A STIFF-NECKED PEOPLE. NOW LEAVE ME ALONE SO THAT MY ANGER MAY BURN AGAINST THEM AND THAT I MAY DESTROY THEM. THEN I WILL MAKE YOU INTO A GREAT NATION."; EXODUS 32:7-10
