Deuteronomy 9:21

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.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
took	לָקַחְתִּי֮ la.kach.Ti	H3947	to take (in the widest variety of applications) · verb, qal perfect, 1st person common singular
sin	חַטַּאתְכֶ֞ם cha.tat.Khem	H2403	an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness) · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine plural
calf	הָעֵ֗גֶל ha.'E.gel	H5695	a (male) calf (as frisking round) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
made	עֲשִׂיתֶ֣ם 'a.si.Tem	H6213	to do or make · verb, qal perfect, 2nd person masculine plural
burnt	וָאֶשְׂרֹ֣ף va.'es.Rof	H8313	to be (causatively · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 1st person common singular
fire	בָּאֵשׁ֒ ba.'Esh	H784	fire (literally or figuratively) · preposition with the article + noun, common both genders singular absolute
stamped	וָאֶכֹּ֨ת va.'e.Kot	H3807	to bruise or violently strike · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 1st person common singular
ground	טָחוֹן֙ ta.chOn	H2912	to grind meal · verb, qal infinitive absolute
small	הֵיטֵ֔ב hei.Tev	H3190	to be (causative) make well · verb, hiphil infinitive absolute
small	דַּ֖ק dak	H1854	to crush (or intransitively) crumble · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
dust	לְעָפָ֑ר le.'a.Far	H6083	dust (as powdered or gray) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
cast	וָֽאַשְׁלִךְ֙ va.'ash.liKh	H7993	to throw out · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 1st person common singular
dust	עֲפָר֔וֹ a.fa.Ro	H6083	dust (as powdered or gray) · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
brook	הַנַּ֖חַל ha.Na.chal	H5158	a stream · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
out	הַיֹּרֵ֥ד hai.yo.Red	H3381	to descend (literally · definite article + verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
mount	הָהָֽר ha.Har	H2022	a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figurative… · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Exodus 32:20 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 chi…
Isaiah 31:7 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.
Isaiah 2:18-21 And the idols he shall utterly abolish.
Isaiah 30:22 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 a…
Hosea 8:11 Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 9:7–end

That they might have no pretence to think that God brought them to Canaan for their righteousness, Moses here shows them what a miracle of mercy it was that they had not long ere this been destroyed in the wilderness: "Remember, and forget not, how thou provokedst the Lord thy God (Deu 9:7); so far from purchasing his favour, thou hast many a time laid thyself open to his displeasure." Their fathers' provocations are here charged upon them; for, if God had dealt with their fathers according to their deserts, this generation would never have been, much less would they have entered Canaan. We are apt to forget our provocations, especially when the smart of the rod is over, and have need to be…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 9:21

I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the mount--that is, "the smitten rock" (El Leja) which was probably contiguous to, or a part of, Sinai. It is too seldom borne in mind that though the Israelites were supplied with water from this rock when they were stationed at Rephidim (Wady Feiran), there is nothing in the Scripture narrative which should lead us to suppose that the rock was in the immediate neighborhood of that place (see on Exo 17:5). The water on this smitten rock was probably the brook that descended from the mount. The water may have flowed at the distance of many miles from the rock, as the winter torrents do now through the wadies of Arabia-PetrÃ&brvbra…

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John Gill on Deuteronomy 9:21

And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made,.... Which was the object of their sin, which lay in making and worshipping it; see Isaiah 31:7. and burnt it with fire, and stamped it; with his feet after it was burnt, to bring it into small pieces: and ground it very small; or, as the Targum of Jonathan,"ground it in a mortar well;''the burnt and broken pieces: even until it was as small as dust; being ground to powder, as in Exodus 32:20. and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the mount; and made the children of Israel to drink of it, as in the previously mentioned place; See Gill on Exodus 32:2; all this was done before the prayer for Aaron and the people.

Dictionary and topics

Grind — (Ex. 32:20; Deut. 9:21; Judg. 16:21), to crush small (Heb. tahan); to oppress the poor (Isa. 3:5). The hand-mill was early used by the Hebrews (Num. 11:8). It consisted of two stones, the upper…
Aaron · Makes the gol — Makes the gol
Calf Of Gold · Destroyed by Moses — Destroyed by Moses
Humility · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Reproof · .Moses, of the Israelites — .Moses, of the Israelites

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Deuteronomy 9:21

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 9:7–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 9:21

John Gill on Deuteronomy 9:21

Dictionary and topics

Deuteronomy 9:21

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 9:7–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 9:21

John Gill on Deuteronomy 9:21

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Deuteronomy 9:7-21

Keil & Delitzsch on Deuteronomy 9:7-24

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Deuteronomy 9:16

Rashi on Deuteronomy 9:21