New American Standard Bible 2020
Deuteronomy 9:21
211And I took your 2sinful thing which you had made, the calf, and burned it in the fire and crushed it, grinding it thoroughly until it was as fine as dust; and I threw its dust into the stream that came 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
19For I was afraid of the anger and the rage with which the Lord was angry with you so as to destroy you; but the Lord listened to me that time as well. 20The Lord was also angry enough with Aaron to destroy him; so I also prayed for Aaron at the same time. And I took your sinful thing which you had made, the calf, and burned it in the fire and crushed it, grinding it thoroughly until it was as fine as dust; and I threw its dust into the stream that came down from the mountain. 22“Then at Taberah, at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah you kept provoking the Lord to anger. 23And when the Lord sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying, ‘Go up and take possession of the land which I have given you,’ you rebelled against the command of the Lord your God; you neither trusted Him nor listened to His voice.
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
- And I tookלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
- sinfulחַטָּאתchaţţâ'âh chaţţâ'th · sinH2403
- whichאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
- you had madeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
- the calfעֵ֫גֶל‛êgel · calfH5695
- and burnedשָׂרַףώâraph · to burnH8313
- it in the fireאֵשׁ'êsh · fireH784
- and crushedכָּתַתkâthath · to crushH3807
- it, grindingטָחַןţâchan · to grindH2912
- it thoroughlyיָטַבyâţab · be goodH3190
- untilעַד‛ad · tillH5704
- it was as fineדָּקַקdâqaq · to crushH1854
- as dustעָפָר‛âphâr · dustH6083
- and I threwשָׁלַךְshâlak · to throwH7993
- into the streamנַ֫חַלnachal nachlâh nachălâh · torrent: riverH5158
- that cameיָרַדyârad · to go downH3381
- from the mountainהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 9:21
- Exodus 32:20Then he took the calf which they had made and completely burned it with fire, and ground it to powder, and scattered it over the surface of the water and made the sons of Israel drink it.
- Isaiah 2:18And the idols will completely vanish.
- Isaiah 30:22And you will desecrate your carved images plated with silver, and your cast metal images plated with gold. You will scatter them as a filthy thing, and say to them, “Be gone!”
- Isaiah 31:7For on that day every person will reject his silver idols and his gold idols, which your hands have made for you as a sin.
- Hosea 8:11Since Ephraim has multiplied altars for sin, They have become altars of sinning for him.
- Exodus 17:6Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock at Horeb; and you shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, so that the people may drink.” And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
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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