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Deuteronomy 9:21

King James Version (KJV)

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Deuteronomy 9:21

Verse 21 of 29

Scripture focus

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.

Deuteronomy 9:21 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Deuteronomy 9:21

Theological / Devotional

Your sin. Or, “sinful thing” (RSV), the obvious idea (see Isaiah 31:7).

Burnt it. As recorded in Exodus 32:20. The calf had presumably come forth from the fire (verse 24), and was therefore appropriately consigned to the flames once more.

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