2 Aaron replied to them, "Take off the gold rings 32:2 Ex 35:22; Jdg 8:24–27 that are on the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters and bring them to me." 3 So all the people took off the gold rings that were on their ears and brought them to Aaron. 4 He took the gold from them, fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made it into an image of a calf.
Then they said, "Israel, these are your gods, 32:4 Or "Israel, this is your god or "Israel, this is your God, also in v. 8 who brought you up from the land of Egypt! " 32:4 Dt 9:16; Jdg 17:3–4; 1Kg 12:28; Neh 9:18; Ps 106:19; Ac 7:41