And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.
When the people saw Moses took a long time to come down from the mountain, they all went to Aaron and asked him to make gods to lead them. They weren't sure what happened to Moses, the man who led them out of Egypt.