Deuteronomy 9:21

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

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׃

Transliteration

And-ʾet-ḥaṭṭaʾtkem which-ʿăśîtem ʾet-the-ʿēgel lāqaḥtî wāʾeśrōp it with-the-ʾēš wāʾekkōt it ṭāḥôn thoroughly until which-daq to-ʿāpār wāʾašlik ʾet-ʿăpārô to-the-naḥal the-yōrēd from-the-hār

Grammar Details

*ḥaṭṭaʾtkem*: noun, feminine singular construct with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your sin
*ʿăśîtem*: verb, qal perfect 2nd person masculine plural - you made
*ʿēgel*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - the calf
*lāqaḥtî*: verb, qal perfect 1st person singular - I took
*wāʾeśrōp*: conjunction + verb, qal imperfect consecutive 1st person singular - and I burned
*ʾēš*: noun, feminine singular with definite article - the fire
*wāʾekkōt*: conjunction + verb, qal imperfect consecutive 1st person singular - and I beat
*ṭāḥôn*: verb, qal infinitive absolute - grinding
*daq*: adjective, masculine singular - fine
*ʿāpār*: noun, masculine singular - dust
*wāʾašlik*: conjunction + verb, hiphil imperfect consecutive 1st person singular - and I cast
*ʿăpārô*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - its dust
*naḥal*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - the stream
*yōrēd*: verb, qal participle masculine singular with definite article - the descending
*hār*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - the mountain

Word Meanings

*ḥaṭṭaʾtkem*: your sin/your transgression/your offense
*ʿăśîtem*: you made/you fashioned/you created
*lāqaḥtî*: I took/I seized/I got
*wāʾeśrōp*: I burned/I consumed with fire/I incinerated
*wāʾekkōt*: I beat/I crushed/I pounded
*ṭāḥôn*: grinding/crushing/pulverizing
*daq*: fine/thin/powdered
*ʿāpār*: dust/powder/dirt
*wāʾašlik*: I cast/I threw/I hurled
*naḥal*: stream/brook/wadi
*yōrēd*: descending/flowing down/running down

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Referenced Verses

Exod 32:20 : 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.
Isa 2:18-21 : 18 And the idols he shall utterly abolish. 19 And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth. 20 In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats; 21 To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.
Isa 30:22 : 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.
Isa 31:7 : 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.
Hos 8:11 : 11 Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Exod 32:19-21
3 verses
84%
19And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.
20And 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.
21And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them?
Deut 9:15-20
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80%
15So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount burned with fire: and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands.
16And I looked, and, behold, ye had sinned against the LORD your God, and had made you a molten calf: ye had turned aside quickly out of the way which the LORD had commanded you.
17And I took the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and brake them before your eyes.
18And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and forty nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
19For 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.
20And the LORD was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him: and I prayed for Aaron also the same time.
Exod 32:24
77%
24And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it off. So they gave it me: then I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf.
Neh 9:18
76%
18Yea, 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;
Deut 9:22
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22And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibrothhattaavah, ye provoked the LORD to wrath.
Deut 9:12
73%
12And the LORD said unto me, Arise, get thee down quickly from hence; for thy people which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have corrupted themselves; they are quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten image.
Exod 32:35
72%
35And the LORD plagued the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made.
Exod 32:8
72%
8They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
Exod 32:3-4
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72%
3And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron.
4And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
Lev 8:16-17
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16And he took all the fat that was upon the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and Moses burned it upon the altar.
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Acts 7:41
71%
41And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.
Ps 106:19
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19They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.
2 Kgs 23:15
71%
15Moreover the altar that was at Bethel, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he brake down, and burned the high place, and stamped it small to powder, and burned the grove.
Lev 9:2
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2And he said unto Aaron, Take thee a young calf for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering, without blemish, and offer them before the LORD.
Exod 9:8
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8And the LORD said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the heaven in the sight of Pharaoh.
Deut 9:8
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8Also in Horeb ye provoked the LORD to wrath, so that the LORD was angry with you to have destroyed you.
Lev 4:12
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12Even the whole bullock shall he carry forth without the camp unto a clean place, where the ashes are poured out, and burn him on the wood with fire: where the ashes are poured out shall he be burnt.
Lev 9:10-11
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71%
10But the fat, and the kidneys, and the caul above the liver of the sin offering, he burnt upon the altar; as the LORD commanded Moses.
11And the flesh and the hide he burnt with fire without the camp.
Exod 29:14
70%
14But the flesh of the bullock, and his skin, and his dung, shalt thou burn with fire without the camp: it is a sin offering.
Lev 9:7-8
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70%
7And Moses said unto Aaron, Go unto the altar, and offer thy sin offering, and thy burnt offering, and make an atonement for thyself, and for the people: and offer the offering of the people, and make an atonement for them; as the LORD commanded.
8Aaron therefore went unto the altar, and slew the calf of the sin offering, which was for himself.
2 Sam 22:43
70%
43Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad.
Num 19:5
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5And one shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn:
Lev 4:21
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21And he shall carry forth the bullock without the camp, and burn him as he burned the first bullock: it is a sin offering for the congregation.
2 Kgs 23:6
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6And he brought out the grove from the house of the LORD, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the graves of the children of the people.
Num 16:21
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21Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.
Jer 34:18
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18And I will give the men that have transgressed my covenant, which have not performed the words of the covenant which they had made before me, when they cut the calf in twain, and passed between the parts thereof,
Ezek 22:21
69%
21Yea, I will gather you, and blow upon you in the fire of my wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst thereof.
Num 19:9
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Lev 8:20
69%
20And he cut the ram into pieces; and Moses burnt the head, and the pieces, and the fat.
Deut 9:25
69%
25Thus I fell down before the LORD forty days and forty nights, as I fell down at the first; because the LORD had said he would destroy you.
Ps 18:42
69%
42Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.
Isa 27:9
69%
9By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up.
Hos 8:5
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5Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency?
Ezek 20:7
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