13. Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou sworest by thy own self, saying: I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven: and this whole land that I have spoken of, I will give to you seed, and you shall possess it for ever.
14. And the Lord was appeased from doing the evil which he had spoken against his people.
15. And Moses returned from the mount, carrying the two tables of the testimony in his hand, written on both sides,
16. And made by the work of God: the writing also of God was graven in the tables.
17. And Josue hearing the noise of the people shouting, said to Moses: The noise of battle is heard in the camp.
18. But he answered: It is not the cry of men encouraging to fight, nor the shout of men compelling to flee: but I hear the voice of singers.
19. And when he came nigh to the camp, he saw the calf, and the dances: and being very angry, he threw the tables out of his hand, and broke them at the foot of the mount:
20. And laying hold of the calf which they had made, he burnt it, and beat it to powder, which he strowed into water, and gave thereof to the children of Israel to drink.
21. And he said to Aaron: What has this people done to thee, that thou shouldst bring upon them a most heinous sin?
22. And he answered him: Let not my lord be offended: for thou knowest this people, that they are prone to evil.
23. They said to me: Make us gods, that may go before us: for as to this Moses, who brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is befallen him.
24. And I said to them: Which of you hath any gold? and they took and brought it to me: and I cast it into the fire, and this calf came out.