Deuteronomy 9:20

The Lord was so angry with Aaron he was ready to destroy him, but right then I prayed for Aaron too.

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In The King James Version

And the LORD was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him: and I prayed for Aaron also the same time.

In Context

19I was terrified at how angry and furious the Lord was with you. He was ready to destroy you. But once again the Lord listened to me.

21I took that abominable thing, the calf you'd made, and burned it. Then I crushed it up and ground it into dust, and I threw it into the stream that descended from the mountain.

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Cross References

Exodus 32:2“Bring to me the gold earrings that your wives, sons, and daughters are wearing,” Aaron replied.

Exodus 32:35The Lord brought a plague on the people because they made Aaron make the bull calf.

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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