The Women - 4:153
"The people of the Book ask you to send down to them a Book from the sky. They had asked Moses for something greater than that and said, "Show us Allah physically". They were struck by lightning because of their transgression. They served the calf even after clear proofs came to them. Again We forgave them, and We gave Moses a clear authority."
Why did the people of Moses serve the calf?
The Cow/2:93
"Remember when We raised Mount Tur over you and took a promise from you: "Hold fast to what I command you and listen."But they said: "We listened and disobeyed". Because of their disbelief, their hearts were deceived by the calf. Say: "If you have believed, how badly your faith is guiding you!"
The Table Spread/5:71
They thought that they would not be tested, and they became blind and deaf. Then Allah accepted their inclination, but most of them again became blind and deaf. Allah sees what they do.