Deuteronomy 9:21

And your sin which ye had made, even the calf, I took, and burnt it with fire, and pounded it and ground it down till it became fine; and it became like dust, and I cast the dust into the brook that descended from the mountain.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small, even until it was as small as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the mount.

In Context

20And he was angry with Aaron to destroy him utterly, and I prayed for Aaron also at that time.

22Also in the + 9:22 Heb. Taberah, Massah, and Kibroth Hattavah.burning, and in the + 9:22 Heb. Taberah, Massah, and Kibroth Hattavah.temptation, and at the + 9:22 Heb. Taberah, Massah, and Kibroth Hattavah.graves of lust, ye provoked the Lord.

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Cross References

Exodus 32:20And having taken the calf which they made, he consumed it with fire, and ground it very small, and + 32:20 Gr. sowed it under the water, but another reading is ἐπὶ.scattered it on the water, and made the children of Israel to drink it.

2 Chronicles 34:7And he pulled down the altars and the groves, and he cut the idols in small pieces, and cut off all the high places from all the land of Israel, and returned to Jerusalem.

Isaiah 30:22And thou shalt pollute the plated idols, and thou shalt grind to powder the gilt ones, and shalt scatter them as the water of a removed woman, and thou shalt thrust them forth as dung.

Hosea 8:11Because Ephraim has multiplied altars, his beloved altars are become sins to him.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 9:8-29

Cautions Against Self-Righteousness; Israel Reminded of Their Rebellions. ( b. c. 1451.) 7 Remember, and forget not, how thou provokedst the Lord thy God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that thou didst depart out of the land of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been rebellious against the Lord . 8 Also in Horeb ye provoked the Lord to wrath, so that the Lord was angry with you to have destroyed you. 9 When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the… Read the whole commentary →

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