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Deuteronomy 9:21
21When you made that idol, it was a sin that you did. So I took that gold calf and I burned it in the fire. Then I beat it into powder, like dust. I threw the powder into a stream that ran down from the mountain.
Deuteronomy 9:21 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small, even until it was as small as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the mount.
- New International Version (NIV)Also I took that sinful thing of yours, the calf you had made, and burned it in the fire. Then I crushed it and ground it to powder as fine as dust and threw the dust into a stream that flowed down the mountain.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Then I took the sinful thing, the calf that you had made, and burned it with fire and crushed it, grinding it very small, until it was as fine as dust. And I threw the dust of it into the brook that ran down from the mountain.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then I took your sin, the calf which you had made, and burned it with fire and crushed it and ground it very small, until it was as fine as dust; and I threw its dust into the brook that descended from the mountain.
Context of Deuteronomy 9:21
19I prayed, because the Lord had said that he would destroy you. He was so angry with you that I was very afraid. But the Lord listened to me this time too. 20The Lord was also angry with my brother Aaron. He wanted to kill Aaron. But at that time, I prayed for Aaron too. When you made that idol, it was a sin that you did. So I took that gold calf and I burned it in the fire. Then I beat it into powder, like dust. I threw the powder into a stream that ran down from the mountain. 22After that, you also caused the Lord to be angry with you at Taberah, at Massah and at Kibroth-Hattaavah. 23When the Lord sent you out from Kadesh-Barnea, he said, ‘Go into the land that I have given to you and live there.’ But you turned against the Lord your God. You refused to trust him or obey him.
Read all of Deuteronomy 9Deuteronomy 9:21 word by word
וְֽאֶת־חַטַּאתְכֶ֞ם אֲשֶׁר־עֲשִׂיתֶ֣ם אֶת־הָעֵ֗גֶל לָקַחְתִּי֮ וָאֶשְׂרֹ֣ף אֹת֣וֹ׀ בָּאֵשׁ֒ וָאֶכֹּ֨ת אֹת֤וֹ טָחוֹן֙ הֵיטֵ֔ב עַ֥ד אֲשֶׁר־דַּ֖ק לְעָפָ֑ר וָֽאַשְׁלִךְ֙ אֶת־עֲפָר֔וֹ אֶל־הַנַּ֖חַל הַיֹּרֵ֥ד מִן־הָהָֽר׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And I tookלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
- your sinחַטָּאתchaţţâ'âh chaţţâ'th · sinH2403
- the calfעֵ֫גֶל‛êgel · calfH5695
- which ye had madeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
- and burntשָׂרַףώâraph · to burnH8313
- it with fireאֵשׁ'êsh · fireH784
- and stampedכָּתַתkâthath · to crushH3807
- groundטָחַןţâchan · to grindH2912
- very smallיָטַבyâţab · be goodH3190
- until it was as smallדָּקַקdâqaq · to crushH1854
- as dustעָפָר‛âphâr · dustH6083
- and I castשָׁלַךְshâlak · to throwH7993
- thereof into the brookנַ֫חַלnachal nachlâh nachălâh · torrent: riverH5158
- that descended outיָרַדyârad · to go downH3381
- of the mountהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 9:21
- Exodus 32:20Then he took the image of the calf that they had made. He burned it in the fire. He beat it into powder. He mixed the powder with the people's water. Then he commanded the Israelites to drink it.
- Isaiah 2:18All the useless idols will be there no more.
- Isaiah 30:22Then you will destroy your idols and your images of false gods. You used silver or gold to make them beautiful. But now you will throw them away like a piece of dirty cloth. You will tell them, ‘Go away!’
- Isaiah 31:7The time will come when everyone must throw away their gold and silver idols. It was a sin for you to make them for yourselves.
- Hosea 8:11Ephraim's people have built many altars to make sin offerings. But the altars have become places where the people do even more sins!
- Exodus 17:6I will stand there, in front of you, by the rock at Sinai. Hit the rock with your stick, and water will come out of it. Then the people can drink.’ So Moses did this, while the leaders of the Israelites watched him.
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 9:21
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21I took your sin, the calf which ye had made - See this fully explained Exodus 32:20; (note).Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-29Verses 7-29 That the Israelites might have no pretence to think that God brought them to Canaan for their righteousness, Moses shows what a miracle of mercy it was, that they had not been destroyed in the wilderness. It is good for us often to remember against ourselves, with sorrow and shame, our former sins; that we may see how much we are indebted to free grace, and may humbly own that we never merited any thing but wrath and the curse at God's hand…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 12-2912-29. Arise, get thee down quickly from hence; for thy people ... have corrupted themselves--With a view to humble them effectually, Moses proceeds to particularize some of the most atrocious instances of their infidelity. He begins with the impiety of the golden calf--an impiety which, while their miraculous emancipation from Egypt, the most stupendous displays of the Divine Majesty that were exhibited on the adjoining mount, and the recent ratification…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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