Deuteronomy 9:21 “And I took that sinful thing, the calf you had made, and burned it in…”

Deuteronomy 9:21

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

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.

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

And I tooke your sinne, I meane the calfe which ye had made, and burnt him with fire, and stamped him and ground him small, euen vnto very dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the riuer, that descended out of the mount.

Darby Translation

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.

Young's Literal Translation

and your sin, which ye have made — the calf — I have taken, and I burn it with fire, and beat it, grinding well till that it [is] small as dust, and I cast its dust unto the brook which is going down out of the mount.

Bible in Basic English

And I took your sin, the image which you had made, and put it in the fire and had it hammered and crushed very small till it was only dust: and the dust I put in the stream flowing down from the mountain.

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Cross references

“I took”

Exodus 32:20 Isaiah 31:7 Isaiah 2:18–21 Isaiah 30:22 Hosea 8:11

Exodus 32:20 · BSB

Then he took the calf they had made, burned it in the fire, ground it to powder, and scattered the powder over the face of the water. Then he forced the Israelites to drink it.

Isaiah 31:7 · BSB

For on that day, every one of you will reject the idols of silver and gold that your own hands have sinfully made.

Isaiah 2:18–21 · BSB

and the idols will vanish completely.

Isaiah 30:22 · BSB

So you will desecrate your silver-plated idols and your gold-plated images. You will throw them away like menstrual cloths, saying to them, “Be gone!”

Hosea 8:11 · BSB

Though Ephraim multiplied the altars for sin, they became his altars for sinning.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

20The LORD was angry enough with Aaron to destroy him, but at that time I also prayed for Aaron.

22You continued to provoke the LORD at Taberah, at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah.

Read Deuteronomy 9