Deuteronomy 9:21
And I took your sin, the calf which you had made, and burned it with fire, and crushed it, and ground it very small, even until it was as small as dust: and I threw the dust into the brook that came down from the mountain.
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Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts
Then I took the sinful thing you had made—the calf—and burned it in the fire. I crushed it, grinding it into fine dust, and threw the dust into the stream that flows down from the mountain.
King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
And I took your sin, the calf which ye had ma, 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 scend out of the mount.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
And I took{H3947} your sin,{H2403} the calf{H5695} which ye had made,{H6213} and burnt{H8313} it with fire,{H784} and stamped{H3807} it, grinding{H2912} it very small,{H3190} until it was as fine{H1854} as dust:{H6083} and I cast{H7993} the dust{H6083} thereof into the brook{H5158} that descended out{H3381} of the mount.{H2022}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
And I took{H3947}{(H8804)} your sin{H2403}, the calf{H5695} which ye had made{H6213}{(H8804)}, and burnt{H8313}{(H8799)} it with fire{H784}, and stamped{H3807}{(H8799)} it, and ground{H2912}{(H8800)} it very small{H3190}{(H8687)}, even until it was as small{H1854}{(H8804)} as dust{H6083}: and I cast{H7993}{(H8686)} the dust{H6083} thereof into the brook{H5158} that descended out{H3381}{(H8802)} of the mount{H2022}.
Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)
And I toke youre synne, the calfe which ye had made ad burnt him with fire ad stampe him and grounde him a good, eue vnto smal dust. And I cast the dust thereof in to the broke that descended out of the mount.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
As for youre synne (namely, the calfe that ye had made) I toke it, and burnt it with the fyre, and smote it a sunder, & grynde it in peces, euen vnto dust, and cast the dust in to the broke that descended from the mount.
Geneva Bible (1560)
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.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
And I toke your sinne, the calfe which ye had made, and burnt hym with fire, and stamped hym, and grounde hym very small, euen to dust: and I cast the dust therof into the brooke that descended out of the mount.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
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.
Webster's Bible (1833)
I took your sin, the calf which you 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 of it into the brook that descended out of the mountain.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
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.
American Standard Version (1901)
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.
American Standard Version (1901)
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.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
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.
World English Bible (2000)
I took your sin, the calf which you had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, grinding it very small, until it was as fine as dust: and I cast its dust into the brook that descended out of the mountain.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
As for your sinful thing that you had made, the calf, I took it, melted it down, ground it up until it was as fine as dust, and tossed the dust into the stream that flows down the mountain.
Referenced Verses
- Exod 32:20 : 20 He took the calf which they had made, burned it in the fire, and ground it to powder, scattered it on the water, and made the children of Israel drink 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 arises to shake the earth terribly. 20 In that day a man shall cast away 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 rugged rocks, for fear of the LORD and for the glory of His majesty, when He arises to shake the earth terribly.
- Isa 30:22 : 22 You shall defile also the covering of your graven images of silver, and the ornament of your molten images of gold: you shall cast them away as a menstrual cloth; you shall say to it, Be gone.
- Isa 31:7 : 7 For in that day every man will cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made for you as a sin.
- Hos 8:11 : 11 Because Ephraim has made many altars to sin, altars shall be to him for sin.
Similar Verses (AI)
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- Exod 32:19-213 verses84%
19 As soon as he came near the camp, he saw the calf and the dancing; and Moses' anger burned hot, and he threw the tablets out of his hands and broke them at the foot of the mountain.
20 He took the calf which they had made, burned it in the fire, and ground it to powder, scattered it on the water, and made the children of Israel drink it.
21 Moses said to Aaron, "What did this people do to you, that you have brought such a great sin upon them?"
- Deut 9:15-206 verses80%
15 So I turned and came down from the mountain, and the mountain burned with fire: and the two tablets of the covenant were in my two hands.
16 And I looked, and, behold, you had sinned against the LORD your God, and had made for yourselves a molten calf: you had quickly turned aside out of the way which the LORD had commanded you.
17 And I took the two tablets, and threw them out of my two hands, and broke them before your eyes.
18 And 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 you sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
19 For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure, with which the LORD was angry against you to destroy you. But the LORD listened to me at that time also.
20 And the LORD was very angry with Aaron to destroy him: and I prayed for Aaron also at that time.
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24 And I said to them, 'Whoever has any gold, let them break it off.' So they gave it to me, and I threw it into the fire, and this calf came out."
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18 Even when they made a molten calf for themselves, and said, 'This is your God that brought you up out of Egypt,' and committed great provocations,
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22 And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah, you provoked the LORD to wrath.
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12 And the LORD said to me, Arise, go down quickly from here; for your people which you have brought out of Egypt have corrupted themselves; they have quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have made for themselves a molten image.
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35 The LORD plagued the people, because they made the calf which Aaron made.
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8 They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made a molten calf, have worshiped it, have sacrificed to it, and have said, 'These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.'"
- Exod 32:3-42 verses72%
3 So all the people broke off the golden earrings which were in their ears and brought them to Aaron.
4 He received them from their hand, and fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made it a molten calf: and they said, "These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt."
- Lev 8:16-172 verses71%
16 And he took all the fat that was on the entrails, the fatty lobe attached to the liver, the two kidneys, and their fat, and Moses burned them on the altar.
17 But the bull, its hide, its flesh, and its offal, he burned with fire outside the camp; as the LORD commanded Moses.
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41 And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifices to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.
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19 They made a calf in Horeb, and worshiped the molten image.
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15 Moreover, 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 broke down, and burned the high place, and ground it to powder, and burned the Asherah.
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2 And he said to Aaron, Take a young calf for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering, without blemish, and offer them before the LORD.
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8 And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, Take handfuls of ashes from the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward heaven in the sight of Pharaoh.
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8 Also in Horeb you provoked the LORD to wrath, so that the LORD was angry with you to destroy you.
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12 Even the whole bull shall he carry outside the camp to a clean place where the ashes are poured out, and burn it on wood with fire; where the ashes are poured out it shall be burned.
- Lev 9:10-112 verses71%
10 But the fat, and the kidneys, and the covering above the liver of the sin offering, he burnt upon the altar; as the LORD commanded Moses.
11 And the flesh and the hide he burnt with fire outside the camp.
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14 But the flesh of the bull, with its skin and its offal, you shall burn with fire outside the camp: it is a sin offering.
- Lev 9:7-82 verses70%
7 And Moses said to Aaron, Go to the altar, and offer your sin offering, and your burnt offering, and make atonement for yourself, and for the people: and offer the offering of the people, and make atonement for them; as the LORD commanded.
8 Aaron therefore went to the altar, and killed the calf of the sin offering, which was for himself.
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43 Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I stamped them as the mire of the street, and spread them abroad.
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5 And one shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, her flesh, her blood, with her dung, shall he burn:
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21 And he shall carry the bull outside the camp, and burn it as he burned the first bull; it is a sin offering for the congregation.
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6 And he brought out the Asherah from the house of the LORD, outside Jerusalem, to the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, ground it to powder, and cast its powder on the graves of the common people.
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21 Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.
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18 And I will give the men who have transgressed my covenant, who have not performed the words of the covenant which they made before me, when they cut the calf in two and passed between its parts:
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21 Yes, I will gather you, and blow upon you in the fire of My wrath, and you shall be melted in its midst.
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9 And a clean man shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them outside the camp in a clean place, and it shall be kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for a water of purification: it is a purification for sin.
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20 And he cut the ram into pieces; and Moses burned the head, the pieces, and the fat.
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25 So 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.
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42 Then I beat them as fine as the dust before the wind: I cast them out like dirt in the streets.
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9 By this shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he makes all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten apart, the groves and images shall not stand up.
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5 Your calf, O Samaria, has cast you off; my anger is kindled against them. How long will it be until they attain innocence?
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7 Then I said to them, Cast away every man the abominations of his eyes, and do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.