Acts 7:40-42

Contemporary English Version

^40 (A) The people said to Aaron, “Make some gods to lead us! Moses led us out of Egypt, but we don't know what's happened to him now.” ^41 (B) Then they made an idol in the shape of a calf. They offered sacrifices to the idol and were pleased with what they had done.

^42 (C) God turned his back on his people and left them. Then they worshiped the stars in the sky, just as it says in the Book of the Prophets, “People of Israel, you didn't offer sacrifices and offerings to me during those 40 years in the desert.