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Nehemiah 9:18

Egypt
Sin

16 But they and our fathers became arrogant and stiff-necked and did not obey Your commandments.

17 They refused to listen and failed to remember the wonders You performed among them. They stiffened their necks and appointed a leader to return them to their bondage in Egypt. But You are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in loving devotion, and You did not forsake them.

Even when they cast for themselves an image of a calf and said, ‘This is your God who brought you up out of Egypt,’ and when they committed terrible blasphemies,

19 You in Your great compassion did not forsake them in the wilderness. By day the pillar of cloud never turned away from guiding them on their path; and by the night the pillar of fire illuminated the way they should go.

20 You gave Your good Spirit to instruct them. You did not withhold Your manna from their mouths, and You gave them water for their thirst.

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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
Even when they cast for themselves an image of a calf and said, ‘This is your God who brought you up out of Egypt,’ and when they committed terrible blasphemies,
KJV
Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This is thy God that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought great provocations;
WEB
Yes, when they had made themselves a molded calf, and said, ‘This is your God who brought you up out of Egypt,’ and had committed awful blasphemies,
ASV
Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This is thy God that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought great provocations;
DARBY
Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This is thy god that brought thee up out of Egypt! and they had wrought great provocation,
BLB
For they also made for themselves a calf molten and said, ‘This [is] your God who brought you up from Egypt,’ and they did great blasphemies,
ÅB
Ja, de støpte seg endog en kalv og sa: Dette er din Gud, som førte deg opp fra Egypt. Og de gjorde seg skyldige i store bespottelser.
OTB
Selv da de laget en kalv av smeltet metall og erklærte: 'Dette er din gud som førte deg opp fra Egypt,' og begikk store blasfemier,
B1930
Ja, de støpte sig endog en kalv og sa: Dette er din Gud, som førte dig op fra Egypten. Og de gjorde sig skyldige i store bespottelser.

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Cross references

  • Psalms 106:19–23

    At Horeb they made a calf and worshiped a molten image.

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  • Exodus 32:4–8

    He took the gold from their hands, and with an engraving tool he fashioned it into a molten calf. And they said, “These, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!”

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  • Exodus 32:31–32

    So Moses returned to the LORD and said, “Oh, what a great sin these people have committed! They have made gods of gold for themselves.

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  • Ezekiel 20:7–44

    And I said to them: ‘Each of you must throw away the abominations before his eyes, and you must not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.’

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  • Deuteronomy 9:12–16

    And the LORD said to me, “Get up and go down from here at once, for your people, whom you brought out of Egypt, have corrupted themselves. How quickly they have turned aside from the way that I commanded them! They have made for themselves a molten image.”

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