Deuteronomy 9

1HearH8085, O IsraelH3478: TodayH3117 youH859 are about to crossH5674 the JordanH3383 to go inH935 and dispossessH3423 nationsH1471 greaterH1419 and strongerH6099 than youH4480, with largeH1419 citiesH5892 fortifiedH1219 to the heavensH8064. 2The peopleH5971 are strongH1419 and tallH7311, the descendantsH1121 of the AnakimH6062. YouH859 knowH3045 about themH834, and youH859 have heard it saidH8085, “WhoH4310 can stand upH3320 toH6440 the sonsH1121 of AnakH6061?” 3But understandH3045 thatH3588 todayH3117 the LORDH3068 your GodH430 goes acrossH5674 ahead of youH6440 as a consumingH398H1931 fireH784; He will destroy themH8045H1931 and subdue themH3665 before youH6440. And you will drive them outH3423 and annihilate themH6 swiftlyH4118, asH834 the LORDH3068 has promisedH1696 you.

4When the LORDH3068 your GodH430 has driven them outH1920 before youH6440H559, do notH408 sayH559 in your heartH3824, “Because of my righteousnessH6666 the LORDH3068 has brought me inH935 to possessH3423 thisH2063 landH776.” Rather, the LORDH3068 is driving outH7564 theseH428 nationsH1471 before youH6440 because of their wickednessH3423.

5It is notH3808 because of your righteousnessH6666 or uprightnessH3476 of heartH3824 that youH859 are going inH935 to possessH3423 their landH776, but it is becauseH3588 of their wickednessH7564 that the LORDH3068 your GodH430 is driving outH3423 theseH428 nationsH1471 before youH6440, toH4616 keepH6965 the promiseH1697 HeH3068 sworeH7650 to your fathersH1, to AbrahamH85, IsaacH3327, and JacobH3290. 6Understand, thenH3045, thatH3588 it is notH3808 because of your righteousnessH6666 that the LORDH3068 your GodH430 is givingH5414 you thisH2063 goodH2896 landH776 to possessH3423, forH3588 youH859 are a stiff-neckedH7186H6203 peopleH5971.

The Golden Calf

(Exodus 32:1–35; Acts 7:39–43)

7Remember thisH2142, and neverH408 forgetH7911 howH834 you provokedH7107 the LORDH3068 your GodH430 in the wildernessH4057. FromH4480 the dayH3117 you leftH3318 the landH776 of EgyptH4714 untilH5704 you reachedH935H5704 thisH2088 placeH4725, you have beenH1961 rebellingH4784 againstH5973 the LORDH3068.

8At HorebH27221 you provokedH7107 the LORDH3068, and HeH3068 was angry enoughH599 to destroyH8045 youH853. 9When I went upH5927 on the mountainH2022 to receiveH3947 the tabletsH3871 of stoneH68, the tabletsH3871 of the covenantH1285 thatH834 the LORDH3068 madeH3772 with youH5973, I stayedH3427 on the mountainH2022 fortyH705 daysH3117 and fortyH705 nightsH3915. I ateH398 noH3808 breadH3899 and drankH8354 noH3808 waterH4325.

10Then the LORDH3068H413 gave meH5414 the twoH8147 stoneH68 tabletsH3871, inscribedH3789 by the fingerH676 of GodH430 with the exactH3605 wordsH1697 thatH834 the LORDH3068 spokeH1696 to youH5973 out ofH8432 the fireH784 on the mountainH2022 on the dayH3117 of the assemblyH6951. 11AndH1961 at the endH7093 of fortyH705 daysH3117 and fortyH705 nightsH3915, the LORDH3068H413 gave meH5414 the twoH8147 stoneH68 tabletsH3871, the tabletsH3871 of the covenantH1285. 12And the LORDH3068 saidH559 to meH413, “Get upH6965 and go downH3381 from hereH2088 at onceH4118, forH3588 your peopleH5971, whomH834 you broughtH3318 out of EgyptH4714, have corruptedH7843 themselves. How quicklyH4118 they have turned asideH5493 fromH4480 the wayH1870 thatH834 I commanded themH6680! They have madeH6213 for themselves a molten imageH4541.”

13The LORDH3068 also saidH559 to meH413H559, “I have seenH7200 thisH2088 peopleH5971, and theyH1931 are indeedH2009 a stiff-neckedH7186H6203 peopleH5971. 14Leave Me aloneH7503, so that I may destroy themH8045 and blot outH4229 their nameH8034 fromH4480 underH8478 heavenH8064. Then I will makeH6213 you into a nationH1471 mightierH6099 and greaterH7227 than theyH4480 are.”

15So I went backH6437 downH3381H4480 the mountainH2022 while itH2022 was blazingH1197 with fireH784, with the twoH8147 tabletsH3871 of the covenantH1285 inH5921H8147 my handsH3027. 16And I sawH7200 howH2009 you had sinnedH2398 against the LORDH3068 your GodH430; you had madeH6213 for yourselves a moltenH4541 calfH5695. You had turned asideH5493 quicklyH4118 fromH4480 the wayH1870 thatH834 the LORDH3068 had commanded youH6680. 17So I tookH8610 the twoH8147 tabletsH3871 and threw themH7993 out ofH5921H8147 my handsH3027, shattering themH7665 before your eyesH5869.

18Then I fell downH5307 beforeH6440 the LORDH3068 for fortyH705 daysH3117 and fortyH705 nightsH3915, as I had done the first timeH7223. I did notH3808 eatH398 breadH3899 or drinkH8354 waterH4325H3808 because ofH5921 allH3605 the sinH2403 you had committedH2398 in doingH6213 what was evilH7451 in the sightH5869 of the LORDH3068 and provoking Him to angerH3707. 19ForH3588 I was afraidH3025H64402 of the angerH639 and wrathH2534 thatH834 the LORDH3068 had directedH7107 against youH5921, enough to destroy youH8045. But the LORDH3068 listenedH8085 to meH413 thisH1931 timeH6471 as wellH1571.

20The LORDH3068 was angryH599 enoughH3966 with AaronH175 to destroy himH8045, but at thatH1931 timeH6256 I alsoH1571 prayedH6419 forH1157 AaronH175. 21AndH853 I tookH3947 thatH834 sinful thingH2403, the calfH5695 you had madeH6213, and burnedH8313 itH853 in the fireH784. Then I crushed itH3807 and groundH2912 it toH5704 powderH1854 as fine as dustH6083, and I castH7993 itH6083 intoH413 the streamH5158 that came downH3381 fromH4480 the mountainH2022.

22You continued to provokeH7107H1961 the LORDH3068 at TaberahH8404,3 at MassahH4532,4 and at Kibroth-hattaavahH6914.5 23And when the LORDH3068 sent you outH7971H6947 from Kadesh-barneaH6947, He saidH559, “Go upH5927 and possessH3423 the landH776 thatH834 I have givenH5414 you.”

But you rebelledH4784 against the commandH6310 of the LORDH3068 your GodH430. You neitherH3808 believedH539 Him norH3808 obeyedH8085 HimH6963. 24You have beenH1961 rebellingH4784 againstH5973 the LORDH3068 since the dayH3117 I came to know youH3045. 25So I fell downH5307 beforeH6440 the LORDH3068 for fortyH705 daysH3117 andH853 fortyH705 nightsH3915, becauseH3588 the LORDH3068 had saidH559 He would destroyH8045 youH853.

26And I prayedH6419 toH413 the LORDH3068 and saidH559, “O LordH136 GODH3069, do notH408 destroyH7843 Your peopleH5971, Your inheritanceH5159, whomH834 You redeemedH6299 through Your greatnessH1433 and brought outH3318 of EgyptH4714 with a mightyH2389 handH3027. 27RememberH2142 Your servantsH5650 AbrahamH85, IsaacH3327, and JacobH3290. OverlookH408H6437H413 the stubbornnessH7190 of thisH2088H413 peopleH5971 and the wickednessH7562H413 of their sinH2403. 28OtherwiseH6435, those in the landH776 from whichH834 You brought us outH3318H8033 will sayH559, ‘Because the LORDH3068 was notH1097 ableH3201 to bring themH935 intoH413 the landH776 He had promisedH1696 them, and because He hatedH8135 themH853, He has brought them outH3318 to kill themH4191 in the wildernessH4057.’ 29But theyH1992 are Your peopleH5971, Your inheritanceH5159, whomH834 You brought outH3318 by Your greatH1419 powerH3581 and outstretchedH5186 armH2220.”