Deuteronomy 9:20
The LORD was also angry enough at Aaron to kill him, but at that time I prayed for him too.
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- Exod 32:2-5 : 2 So Aaron said to them,“Break off the gold earrings that are on the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to me.” 3 So all the people broke off the gold earrings that were on their ears and brought them to Aaron. 4 He accepted the gold from them, fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made a molten calf. Then they said,“These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.” 5 When Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it, and Aaron made a proclamation and said,“Tomorrow will be a feast to the LORD.”
- Exod 32:21 : 21 Moses said to Aaron,“What did this people do to you, that you have brought on them so great a sin?”
- Exod 32:35 : 35 And the LORD sent a plague on the people because they had made the calf– the one Aaron made.
- Heb 7:26-28 : 26 For it is indeed fitting for us to have such a high priest: holy, innocent, undefiled, separate from sinners, and exalted above the heavens. 27 He has no need to do every day what those priests do, to offer sacrifices first for their own sins and then for the sins of the people, since he did this in offering himself once for all. 28 For the law appoints as high priests men subject to weakness, but the word of solemn affirmation that came after the law appoints a son made perfect forever.
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- Deut 9:15-195 verses86%
15 So I turned and went down the mountain while it was blazing with fire; the two tablets of the covenant were in my hands.
16 When I looked, you had indeed sinned against the LORD your God and had cast for yourselves a metal calf; you had quickly turned aside from the way he had commanded you!
17 I grabbed the two tablets, threw them down, and shattered them before your very eyes.
18 Then I again fell down before the LORD for forty days and nights; I ate and drank nothing because of all the sin you had committed, doing such evil before the LORD as to enrage him.
19 For I was terrified at the LORD’s intense anger that threatened to destroy you. But he listened to me this time as well.
- Deut 9:21-222 verses78%
21 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.
22 Moreover, you continued to provoke the LORD at Taberah, Massah, and Kibroth-Hattaavah.
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8 At Horeb you provoked him and he was angry enough with you to destroy you.
- Deut 9:25-262 verses74%
25 Moses’ Plea on Behalf of God’s Reputation I lay flat on the ground before the LORD for forty days and nights, for he had said he would destroy you.
26 I prayed to him: O, Sovereign LORD, do not destroy your people, your valued property that you have powerfully redeemed, whom you brought out of Egypt by your strength.
- Exod 32:19-224 verses74%
19 When he approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, Moses became extremely angry. He threw the tablets from his hands and broke them to pieces at the bottom of the mountain.
20 He took the calf they had made and burned it in the fire, ground it to powder, poured it out on the water, and made the Israelites drink it.
21 Moses said to Aaron,“What did this people do to you, that you have brought on them so great a sin?”
22 Aaron said,“Do not let your anger burn hot, my lord; you know these people, that they tend to evil.
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11 But Moses sought the favor of the LORD his God and said,“O LORD, why does your anger burn against your people, whom you have brought out from the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?
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35 And the LORD sent a plague on the people because they had made the calf– the one Aaron made.
- Num 16:45-473 verses73%
45 “Get away from this community, so that I can consume them in an instant!” But they threw themselves down with their faces to the ground.
46 Then Moses said to Aaron,“Take the censer, put burning coals from the altar in it, place incense on it, and go quickly into the assembly and make atonement for them, for wrath has gone out from the LORD– the plague has begun!”
47 So Aaron did as Moses commanded and ran into the middle of the assembly, where the plague was just beginning among the people. So he placed incense on the coals and made atonement for the people.
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14 Then the LORD became angry with Moses, and he said,“What about your brother Aaron the Levite? I know that he can speak very well. Moreover, he is coming to meet you, and when he sees you he will be glad in his heart.
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16 The Problem with the Inaugural Sin Offering Later Moses sought diligently for the sin offering male goat, but it had actually been burnt. So he became angry at Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s remaining sons, saying,
- Num 25:10-112 verses71%
10 The Aftermath The LORD spoke to Moses:
11 “Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned my anger away from the Israelites, when he manifested such zeal for my sake among them, so that I did not consume the Israelites in my zeal.
- Num 16:20-212 verses71%
20 The Judgment on the Rebels The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron:
21 “Separate yourselves from among this community, that I may consume them in an instant.”
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9 The anger of the LORD burned against them, and he departed.
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3 Moses then said to Aaron,“This is what the LORD spoke:‘Among the ones close to me I will show myself holy, and in the presence of all the people I will be honored.’” So Aaron kept silent.
- Lev 9:7-82 verses71%
7 Moses then said to Aaron,“Approach the altar and make your sin offering and your burnt offering, and make atonement on behalf of yourself and on behalf of the people; and also make the people’s offering and make atonement on behalf of them just as the LORD has commanded.”
8 The Sin Offering for the Priests So Aaron approached the altar and slaughtered the sin offering calf which was for himself.
- Num 11:1-22 verses71%
1 The Israelites Complain When the people complained, it displeased the LORD. When the LORD heard it, his anger burned, and so the fire of the LORD burned among them and consumed some of the outer parts of the camp.
2 When the people cried to Moses, he prayed to the LORD, and the fire died out.
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18 even when they made a cast image of a calf for themselves and said,‘This is your God who brought you up from Egypt,’ or when they committed atrocious blasphemies.
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19 But Aaron spoke to Moses,“See here! Just today they presented their sin offering and their burnt offering before the LORD and such things as these have happened to me! If I had eaten a sin offering today would the LORD have been pleased?”
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11 The Intercession of Moses So Aaron said to Moses,“O my lord, please do not hold this sin against us, in which we have acted foolishly and have sinned!
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10 So the anger of the LORD was kindled that day, and he swore,
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37 As for me, the LORD was also angry with me on your account. He said,“You also will not be able to go there.
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34 Judgment at Kadesh Barnea When the LORD heard you, he became angry and made this vow:
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2 and said to Aaron,“Take for yourself a bull calf for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering, both flawless, and present them before the LORD.
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10 As for me, I stayed at the mountain as I did the first time, forty days and nights. The LORD listened to me that time as well and decided not to destroy you.
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10 Moses’ Complaint to the Lord Moses heard the people weeping throughout their families, everyone at the door of his tent; and when the anger of the LORD was kindled greatly, Moses was also displeased.
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7 Then the people came to Moses and said,“We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD and against you. Pray to the LORD that he would take away the snakes from us.” So Moses prayed for the people.
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23 Denial to Moses of the Promised Land Moreover, at that time I pleaded with the LORD,
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21 But the LORD became angry with me because of you and vowed that I would never cross the Jordan nor enter the good land that he is about to give you.
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21 When the LORD heard this, he was furious. A fire broke out against Jacob, and his anger flared up against Israel,
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26 But the LORD was angry at me because of you and would not listen to me. Instead, he said to me,“Enough of that! Do not speak to me anymore about this matter.
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24 So I said to them,‘Whoever has gold, 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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16 In the camp they resented Moses, and Aaron, the LORD’s holy priest.