Why is there a difference between what the Golden Calf worshippers said in Exodus 32 and Nehemiah 9?

Why is there a difference between what the Golden Calf worshippers said in Exodus 32 and Nehemiah 9?

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He took the gold from them, formed it in a mold, and cast an image of a calf; and they said, “These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!”

Exodus 32:4

Even when they had cast an image of a calf for themselves and said, ‘This is your God who brought you up out of Egypt,’ and had committed great blasphemies.

Nehemiah 9:18

The wording in Hebrew is different, Exodus uses a plural pronoun and plural verbs, while Nehemiah uses a singular pronoun and singular verbs.

What is the reason for the difference in wording between the books?

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