Psalms 106:19
They made a young ox in Horeb, and gave worship to an image of gold.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.
In Context
18And a fire was lighted among their tents; the sinners were burned up by the flames.
20And their glory was changed into the image of an ox, whose food is grass.
Cross References
Exodus 32:4And he took the gold from them and, hammering it with an instrument, he made it into the metal image of a young ox: and they said, This is your god, O Israel, who took you out of the land of Egypt.
Exodus 32:35And the Lord sent punishment on the people because they gave worship to the ox which Aaron made.
Deuteronomy 9:12And the Lord said to me, Get up now, and go down quickly from this place; for the people you have taken out of Egypt have given themselves over to evil; they have quickly been turned from the way in which I gave them orders to go; they have made themselves a metal image.
Deuteronomy 9:21And I took your sin, the image which you had made, and put it in the fire and had it hammered and crushed very small till it was only dust: and the dust I put in the stream flowing down from the mountain.
Acts 7:41And they made the image of a young ox in those days, and made an offering to it, and had joy in the work of their hands.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 106:14-34
Provocation of Israel in the Wilderness. 13 They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel: 14 But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert. 15 And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul. 16 They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the Lord . 17 The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram. 18 And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked. 19 They made a calf in Horeb, and… Read the whole commentary →