Deuteronomy 9:21

19 For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure, wherewith the LORD was wroth against you to destroy you. But the LORD hearkened unto me at that time also.

20 And the LORD was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him: and I prayed for Aaron also the same time.

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.

22 And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah, ye provoked the LORD to wrath.

23 Likewise when the LORD sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given you; then ye rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God, and ye believed him not, nor hearkened to his voice.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
And I took that sinful thing, 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 I cast it into the stream that came down from the mountain.
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.
WEB
I took your sin, the calf which you had made, and burned it with fire, and crushed it, grinding it very small, until it was as fine as dust. I threw its dust into the brook that descended out of the mountain.
ASV
And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, 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.
DARBY
And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burned it with fire, and crushed it, and ground it very small, until it became fine dust; and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that flowed down from the mountain.
BLB
And your⁺ sin that you⁺ had made—the calf—I took and burned it with the fire, and crushed it [and] ground [it] well, until that it was as fine as dust; and I threw its dust into the brook that descended from the mountain.
ÅB
Men deres syndige verk, kalven som dere hadde gjort, tok jeg og kastet på ilden og knuste og malte den vel, til den ble til fint støv, og støvet kastet jeg i bekken som flyter ned fra fjellet.
OTB
Så tok jeg den syndige tingen du hadde laget—kalven—og brente den i ilden, knuste den og malte den til pulver så fint som støv, og kastet støvet i bekken som renner ned fra fjellet.
B1930
Men eders syndige verk, kalven som I hadde gjort, tok jeg og kastet på ilden og knuste og malte den vel, til den blev til fint støv, og støvet kastet jeg i bekken som flyter ned fra fjellet.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Exodus 32:20

    And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strawed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it.

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  • Isaiah 31:7

    For in that day every man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you for a sin.

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  • Isaiah 30:22

    Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence.

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  • Isaiah 2:18–21

    And the idols he shall utterly abolish.

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  • Hosea 8:11

    Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin.

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