Exodus 32:20
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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 children of Israel drink of it.Then he took the calf they had made, burned it in the fire, ground it to powder, and scattered the powder over the face of the water. Then he forced the Israelites to drink it.
In other translations
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 children of Israel drink of it.Then he took the calf they had made, burned it in the fire, ground it to powder, and scattered the powder over the face of the water. Then he forced the Israelites to drink it.
Hebrew words
וַיִּקַּחvaiyikachand he tookH3947אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853הָעֵגֶלha'egelthe calfH5695אֲשֶׁר'asherwhichH834עָשׂוּ'asuthey had madeH6213וַיִּשְׂרֹףvaiyisrofand he burned [it]H8313בָּאֵשׁba'eshwith <the> fireH784וַיִּטְחַןvaiyitchanand he ground [it]H2912עַד'aduntilH5704אֲשֶׁר־'asher-thatH834דָּקdakit was fineH1854וַיִּזֶרvaiyizerand he scattered [it]H2219עַל־'al-onH5921פְּנֵיpenei[the] surface ofH6440הַמַּיִםhamayimthe waterH4325וַיַּשְׁקְvaiyashkand he made drink [it]H8248אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853בְּנֵיbenei[the] people ofH1121יִשְׂרָאֵל׃yisra'elIsraelH3478
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Related verses
- Deuteronomy 9:21And 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.And I took that sinful thing, the calf you had made, and burned it in the fire. Then I crushed it and ground it to powder as fine as dust, and I cast it into the stream that came down from the mountain.
- Deuteronomy 7:5But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire.Instead, this is what you are to do to them: tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, cut down their Asherah poles, and burn their idols in the fire.
- Proverbs 14:14The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.The backslider in heart receives the fill of his own ways, but a good man is rewarded for his ways.
- 2 Kings 23:15Moreover the altar that was at Beth–el, 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 brake down, and burned the high place, and stamped it small to powder, and burned the grove.He even pulled down the altar at Bethel, the high place set up by Jeroboam son of Nebat, who had caused Israel to sin. Then he burned the high place, ground it to powder, and burned the Asherah pole.
- 2 Kings 23:6And he brought out the grove from the house of the Lord, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the graves of the children of the people.He brought the Asherah pole from the house of the LORD to the Kidron Valley outside Jerusalem, and there he burned it, ground it to powder, and threw its dust on the graves of the common people.
- Deuteronomy 7:25The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein: for it is an abomination to the Lord thy God.You must burn up the images of their gods; do not covet the silver and gold that is on them or take it for yourselves, or you will be ensnared by it; for it is detestable to the LORD your God.
- Proverbs 1:31Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
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