Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters. They came to draw water and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.

Then they came to Elim, where there were 12 springs of water and 70 date palms, and they camped there by the waters.

But the people thirsted there for water, and grumbled against Moses. They said, “Why did you ever bring us out of Egypt to kill us and our children and our livestock with thirst?”

Then he took the calf they had made, burned it up, and ground it to powder. He scattered the powder over the surface of the water and forced the Israelites to drink the water.