סָ֣רוּ מַהֵ֗ר מִן־הַדֶּ֙רֶךְ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר צִוִּיתִ֔ם עָשׂ֣וּ לָהֶ֔ם עֵ֖גֶל מַסֵּכָ֑ה וַיִּשְׁתַּֽחֲווּ־לוֹ֙ וַיִּזְבְּחוּ־ל֔וֹ וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ אֵ֤לֶּה אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר הֶֽעֱל֖וּךָ מֵאֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם׃
Desviaram-se rapidamente do caminho que Eu ordenei; fizeram para si um bezerro de fundição, curvaram-se diante dele e ofereceram-lhe sacrifícios, e disseram: 'Estes são os teus deuses, Yisrael, que te tiraram da terra de Mitzrayim.'"
Akeidat Yitzchak
(2) After that, Moses refers to the severe nature of the sin as evidenced by the type of punishment decreed. The sin is described in six stages. A) At the end of forty days on the mountain, at the very moment when my stay on the mountain was being crowned with success by my receiving the tablets, the most grievous sin was committed. B) The people not only worshipped a golden calf, but they had fashioned it themselves; it had not even existed previously. C) The punishment decreed, collective destruction, indicates how seriously the sin was viewed. D) The facts, when I saw them, were every bit as terrible as what G'd had told me while I was still on the mountain. I smashed the tablets; they did not drop from my hands. E) The effort needed to obtain forgiveness, included forty days without food or drink.