World English Bible
"When Moses saw that the people had broken loose, (for Aaron had let them loose for a derision among their enemies),"
— Exodus 32:25, World English 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,) ”
“Moses saw that the people were running wild, for Aaron had let them get completely out of control, causing derision from 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, "Don't let the anger of my lord grow hot. You know the people, that they are set on evil.
For they said to me, 'Make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we don't know what has become of him.'
I said to them, 'Whoever has any gold, let them take it off:' so they gave it to me; and I threw it into the fire, and out came this calf."
When Moses saw that the people had broken loose, (for Aaron had let them loose for a derision among their enemies),
then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, "Whoever is on Yahweh's side, come to me!" All the sons of Levi gathered themselves together to him.
He said to them, "Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, 'Every man put his sword on his thigh, and go back and forth from gate to gate throughout the camp, and every man kill his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbor.'"
The sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.