NET Bible
"Moses saw that the people were running wild, for Aaron had let them get completely out of control, causing derision from their enemies."
— Exodus 32:25, NET Bible
“And when Moses saw that the people were naked; (for Aaron had made them naked unto their shame among their enemies:)”
“And when Moses saw that the people were broken loose, (for Aaron had let them loose for a derision among their enemies,) ”
“When Moses saw that the people had broken loose, (for Aaron had let them loose for a derision among their enemies),”
“And when Moses saw that the people were naked, (for Aaron had stripped them by occasion of the shame of the filth, and had set them naked among their enemies)”
“And Moses saw that the people were out of control, for Aaron had let them loose to their shame before their haters:”
“And when Moses saw that the people were naked; (for Aaron had made them naked unto their shame among their enemies:)”
Aaron said,“Do not let your anger burn hot, my lord; you know these people, that they tend to evil.
They said to me,‘Make us gods that will go before us, for as for this fellow Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him.’
So I said to them,‘Whoever has gold, break it off.’ So they gave it to me, and I threw it into the fire, and this calf came out.”
Moses saw that the people were running wild, for Aaron had let them get completely out of control, causing derision from their enemies.
So Moses stood at the entrance of the camp and said,“Whoever is for the LORD, come to me.” All the Levites gathered around him,
and he said to them,“This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, has said‘Each man fasten his sword on his side, and go back and forth from entrance to entrance throughout the camp, and each one kill his brother, his friend, and his neighbor.’”
The Levites did what Moses ordered, and that day about three thousand men of the people died.