Psalms 106:19
They made a calf in Horeb,—and bowed down to a molten image;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.
In Context
18Then was kindled a fire in their assembly,—a flame, consumed the lawless ones.
20Thus changed they my glory, for the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.
Cross References
Exodus 32:4And he received [the gold] at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, and made it a molten calf, and they said—These, are thy gods, O Israel, who brought thee up, out of the land of Egypt.
Exodus 32:35And Yahweh plagued the people,—for what they had done with the calf, which Aaron made.
Deuteronomy 9:12Then said Yahweh unto me—Up! get down quickly out of this mountain, for thy people whom thou hast brought forth out of Egypt, have broken faith,—they have turned aside quickly, out of the way which I commanded them,—they have made them a molten image.
Deuteronomy 9:21And your sin which ye had made even the calf, took I and burned it up with fire, and pounded it very small, until it was fine as dust,—then cast I the dust thereof into the torrent that descended out of the mountain.
Acts 7:41And so they fell to calf-making in those days, and offered sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works 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 →