Now a priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came and began to draw water and fill the troughs in order to water their father’s flock.

When some shepherds came and drove them away, Moses came up and defended them and then watered their flock.

They said, “An Egyptian man rescued us from the shepherds, and he actually drew water for us and watered the flock!”

He took the calf they had made and burned it in the fire, ground it to powder, poured it out on the water, and made the Israelites drink it.