“ As for the word you spoke to us in the name of Yahweh, we are not going to listen to you!Instead, we will do everything we said we would: burn incense to the queen of heaven and offer drink offerings to her just as we, our fathers, our kings, and our officials did in Judah’s cities and in Jerusalem’s streets. Then we had enough food and good things and saw no disaster,
“ Get out of the way!” they said, adding,“ This one came here as a foreigner, but he’s acting like a judge! Now we’ll do more harm to you than to them.” They put pressure on Lot and came up to break down the door.
Then Moses asked Aaron,“ What did these people do to you that you have led them into such a grave sin?”“ Don’t be enraged, my lord,” Aaron replied.“ You yourself know that the people are intent on evil.They said to me,‘ Make us a god who will go before us because this Moses, the man who brought us up from the land of Egypt— we don’t know what has happened to him!’