1 The people saw Moses was late. They said to Aaron, “Make a god to lead us. We do not know where Moses is.” ⏳ 2 Aaron said, “Take off your gold rings. Bring them to me.” ➡️ 3 All the people took off their gold and gave it to Aaron. 4 Aaron made a gold baby cow. The people said, “This is our god who took us out of Egypt!” ✨ 5 Aaron made a big table for gifts. He said, “Tomorrow we will have a big party for God.” 6 Early next day they gave gifts and burned food. They ate, drank, and danced wild. 7 God spoke to Moses, “Go down. Your people are doing bad things.” ️⬇️ 8 God said, “They turned fast. They made a baby cow. They bowed to it and gave it gifts.” 9 God said, “These people are hard. They do not listen.” 10 God said, “Move aside. I will stop them. I will make you, Moses, a big family.” ⚡ 11 Moses talked to God, “Please do not be mad. You saved them from Egypt.” 12 Moses said, “The people in Egypt will say bad things. Please stop your anger. Please do not hurt your people.” ️❌ 13 Moses said, “Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. You said they will have many kids and land.” 14 God said okay. He did not do the bad thing. ✅ 15 Moses went down the hill. He held two stone rules in His hands. The words were on both sides. 16 God made the stones. God wrote the words. ✍️ 17 Joshua heard loud noise. He said, “It sounds like a fight!” ⚔️ 18 Moses said, “It is not a fight. I hear songs.” 19 Moses saw the gold baby cow and the dance. He got very mad. He threw the stones and broke them. 20 Moses burned the gold baby cow. He crushed it to dust. He put it in water. He made the people drink it. ➡️ 21 Moses said to Aaron, “What did the people do to you? Why did you make them do this bad thing?” ❓ 22 Aaron said, “Do not be mad. You know the people like to do bad.” 23 Aaron said, “They said, ‘Make us a god. We do not know where Moses is.’” ️ 24 Aaron said, “I told them, ‘Give me gold.’ I threw it in the fire. Then this baby cow came out.” 25 Moses saw the people were wild. Aaron let them run wild. Other people would laugh at them. 26 Moses said, “Who is for God? Come to me.” The Levi men came to him. ➡️ 27 Moses said, “God says: Take your swords. Walk in the camp. Stop the bad men. Some will die.” ⚔️♂️️ 28 The Levi men obeyed Moses. About 3,000 people died that day. ⚰️ 29 Moses said, “Today you gave a hard gift to God. You even went against your own family. God will bless you today.” 30 Next day Moses said, “You did a very bad thing. I will go talk to God. Maybe He will forgive you.” 31 Moses spoke to God, “The people did a very bad thing. They made a gold baby cow.” 32 “Please forgive them. If not, take my name out of Your book.” 33 God said, “I will take out the ones who did bad. Not you.” ⚖️ 34 God said, “Go. Lead the people to the place I told you. My angel will go before you. Later I will punish the bad.” 35 God sent a bad sickness on the people because of the gold baby cow that Aaron made.