Exodus 32:20

And 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.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strawed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it.

In Context

19And when he drew nigh to the camp, he sees the calf and the dances; and Moses being very angry cast the two tables out of his hands, and broke them to pieces under the mountain.

21And Moses said to Aaron, What has this people done to thee, that thou hast brought upon them a great sin?

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 7:25Ye shall burn with fire the graven images of their gods: thou shalt not covet their silver, neither shalt thou take to thyself gold from them, lest thou shouldest offend thereby, because it is an abomination to the Lord thy God.

2 Kings 23:6And he carried out the grove from the house of the Lord to the brook Kedron, and burned it at the brook Kedron, and reduced it to + 23:6 Or, ashes.powder, and cast its powder on the sepulchres of the sons of the people.

Proverbs 1:31Therefore shall they eat the fruits of their own way, and shall be filled with their own ungodliness.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 32:16-21

Moses Breaks the Tablets of the Law. ( b. c. 1491.) 15 And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony were in his hand: the tables were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written. 16 And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables. 17 And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp. 18 And he said, It is not the voice of… Read the whole commentary →

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