Calf of Gold: Making of a Very Great Sin

“What did this people do to you,” Moses asked Aaron, “that you have led them into so great a sin?”

The next day Moses said to the people, “You have committed a great sin. Now I will go up to the LORD; perhaps I can make atonement for your sin.”

So Moses returned to the LORD and said, “Oh, what a great sin these people have committed! They have made gods of gold for themselves.