Psalms 106:19
They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped a molten image.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.
In Context
18And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.
20Thus they exchanged their glory for the likeness of an ox that eateth grass.
Cross References
Exodus 32:4And he received it at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, and made it a molten calf; and they said: 'This is thy god, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.'
Exodus 32:35And the LORD smote the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made.
Deuteronomy 9:12And the LORD said unto me: 'Arise, get thee down quickly from hence; for thy people that thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have dealt corruptly; they are quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten image.'
Deuteronomy 9:21And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and beat it in pieces, grinding it very small, until it was as fine as dust; and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the mount. —
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 →