Deuteronomy 9:18-25

The Golden Calf

18 Then I x lay prostrate before the Lord y as before, forty days and forty nights. I neither ate bread nor drank water, because of all the sin that you had committed, z in doing what was evil in the sight of the Lord to provoke him to anger. 19 For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure that the Lord bore against you, so that he was ready to destroy you. a But the Lord listened to me that time also. 20 And the Lord was so angry with Aaron that he was ready to destroy him. And I prayed for Aaron also at the same time. 21 Then b 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.

22 "At c Taberah also, and at d Massah and at e Kibroth-hattaavah you provoked the Lord to wrath. 23 And f when the Lord sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying, 'Go up and take possession of the land that I have given you,' then you rebelled against the commandment of the Lord your God and g did not believe him or obey his voice. 24 h You have been rebellious against the Lord from the day that I knew you.

25 x "So I lay prostrate before the Lord for these forty days and forty nights, because the Lord had said he would destroy you.

  1. Cross References
    Exodus 34:28
    So he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights. He neither ate bread nor drank water. And he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments.
    Psalms 106:23
    Therefore he said he would destroy them - had not Moses, his chosen one, stood in the breach before him, to turn away his wrath from destroying them.
  2. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 9:9
    When I went up the mountain to receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant that the Lord made with you, I remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights. I neither ate bread nor drank water.
    Deuteronomy 10:10
    I myself stayed on the mountain, as at the first time, forty days and forty nights, and the Lord listened to me that time also. The Lord was unwilling to destroy you.
  3. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 4:25
    When you father children and children's children, and have grown old in the land, if you act corruptly by making a carved image in the form of anything, and by doing what is evil in the sight of the Lord your God, so as to provoke him to anger.
  4. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 10:10
    I myself stayed on the mountain, as at the first time, forty days and forty nights, and the Lord listened to me that time also. The Lord was unwilling to destroy you.
    Exodus 32:14
    And the Lord relented from the disaster that he had spoken of bringing on his people.
    Exodus 33:17
    And the Lord said to Moses, "This very thing that you have spoken I will do, for you have found favor in my sight, and I know you by name.
  5. Cross References
    Exodus 32:20
    He took the calf that they had made and burned it with fire and ground it to powder and scattered it on the water and made the people of Israel drink it.
  6. Cross References
    Numbers 11:1 - 3
    And the people complained in the hearing of the Lord about their misfortunes, and when the Lord heard it, his anger was kindled, and the fire of the Lord burned among them and consumed some outlying parts of the camp.
  7. Cross References
    Exodus 17:7
    And he called the name of the place Massah and Meribah, because of the quarreling of the people of Israel, and because they tested the Lord by saying, "Is the Lord among us or not?
  8. Cross References
    Numbers 11:34
    Therefore the name of that place was called Kibroth-hattaavah, because there they buried the people who had the craving.
  9. Cross References
    Numbers 13:3
    So Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran, according to the command of the Lord, all of them men who were heads of the people of Israel.
    Numbers 14:1 - 4
    Then all the congregation raised a loud cry, and the people wept that night.
  10. Cross References
    Psalms 106:24 - 25
    Then they despised the pleasant land, having no faith in his promise.
  11. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 9:7
    Remember and do not forget how you provoked the Lord your God to wrath in the wilderness. From the day you came out of the land of Egypt until you came to this place, you have been rebellious against the Lord.
    Deuteronomy 31:27
    For I know how rebellious and stubborn you are. Behold, even today while I am yet alive with you, you have been rebellious against the Lord. How much more after my death!
  12. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 9:18
    Then I lay prostrate before the Lord as before, forty days and forty nights. I neither ate bread nor drank water, because of all the sin that you had committed, in doing what was evil in the sight of the Lord to provoke him to anger.
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