Deuteronomy 9:14-24

14 Don't try to stop me. I intend to destroy them so that no one will remember them any longer. Then I will make you the father of a nation larger and more powerful than they are.'
15 "So I turned and went down the mountain, carrying the two stone tablets on which the covenant was written. Flames of fire were coming from the mountain.
16 I saw that you had already disobeyed the command that the Lord your God had given you, and that you had sinned against him by making yourselves a metal idol in the form of a bull-calf.
17 So there in front of you I threw the stone tablets down and broke them to pieces.
18 Then once again I lay face downward in the Lord's presence for forty days and nights and did not eat or drink anything. I did this because you had sinned against the Lord and had made him angry.
19 I was afraid of the Lord's fierce anger, because he was furious enough to destroy you; but once again the Lord listened to me. 1
20 The Lord was also angry enough with Aaron to kill him, so I prayed for Aaron at the same time.
21 I took that sinful thing that you had made - that metal bull-calf - and threw it into the fire. Then I broke it in pieces, ground it to dust, and threw the dust into the stream that flowed down the mountain.
22 "You also made the Lord your God angry when you were at Taberah, Massah, and Kibroth Hattaavah. 2
23 And when he sent you from Kadesh Barnea with orders to go and take possession of the land that he was giving you, you rebelled against him; you did not trust him or obey him. 3
24 Ever since I have known you, you have rebelled against the Lord.

Cross References 3

  • 1. 9.19Hebrews 12.21.
  • 2. 9.22 aNumbers 11.3; bExodus 17.7; cNumbers 11.34.
  • 3. 9.23 aNumbers 13.17; bDeuteronomy 1.21; cNumbers 13.31;Deuteronomy 1.26;Hebrews 3.16.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.