Verse 12

Deuteronomy 9:12

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12 The Lord also told me, “I have been watching these people, and they really are stubborn and hard-hearted.

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hebrew

וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֵלַ֗/י ק֣וּם רֵ֤ד מַהֵר֙ מִ/זֶּ֔ה כִּ֚י שִׁחֵ֣ת עַמְּ/ךָ֔ אֲשֶׁ֥ר הוֹצֵ֖אתָ מִ/מִּצְרָ֑יִם סָ֣רוּ מַהֵ֗ר מִן הַ/דֶּ֨רֶךְ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר צִוִּיתִ֔/ם עָשׂ֥וּ לָ/הֶ֖ם מַסֵּכָֽה

English Translation

And the LORD said to me, "Get up, go down quickly from here, for your people whom you brought out of Egypt have acted corruptly; they have quickly turned aside from the way that I commanded them; they have made for themselves a molten image."

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Chapter 9 Context

1 Listen, people of Israel! Shortly you're going to cross the Jordan to enter and take over the countr... Focus ↗

2 The people are strong and tall; they are the descendants of the Anakim. You all know about them and... Focus ↗

3 But you should realize that today the Lord your God (Elohim) is going across ahead of you. He is lik... Focus ↗

4 When the Lord your God (Elohim) has driven them out ahead of you, don't say to yourselves, “It's bec... Focus ↗

5 It's not because you're so good or moral that you're going to take over their land. No, it's because... Focus ↗

6 You'd better believe that it's not because you're such good people that the Lord your God (Elohim) i... Focus ↗

7 Remember how you provoked the Lord your God (Elohim) in the desert! Don't ever forget it! From the t... Focus ↗

8 At Horeb you provoked the Lord, making him so angry he was about to destroy you. Focus ↗

9 This was when I climbed up the mountain to receive the tablets of stone, the tablets that recorded t... Focus ↗

10 After forty days and forty nights, the Lord gave me the two stone tablets, the tablets of the agreem... Focus ↗

11 The Lord told me, “Hurry! Go down immediately, because your people that you led out of Egypt, are co... Focus ↗

12 The Lord also told me, “I have been watching these people, and they really are stubborn and hard-hea...

13 Leave me, so that I can destroy them and wipe out their name completely. Then I will turn you into a... Focus ↗

14 I went back down the mountain while it was still on fire, carrying the two tablets of the agreement. Focus ↗

15 Then I saw how much you had sinned against the Lord your God (Elohim) by making for yourselves a mol... Focus ↗

16 I threw the two tablets down, smashing them to pieces as you watched. Focus ↗

17 Then I lay down on the ground before the Lord for forty days and forty nights, just as I had before.... Focus ↗

18 I was terrified at how angry and furious the Lord was with you. He was ready to destroy you. But onc... Focus ↗

19 The Lord was so angry with Aaron he was ready to destroy him, but right then I prayed for Aaron too. Focus ↗

20 I took that abominable thing, the calf you'd made, and burned it. Then I crushed it up and ground it... Focus ↗

21 But you went on provoking the Lord at Taberah, at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah. Focus ↗

22 When the Lord had you leave Kadesh-barnea, he told you, “Go and take over the country that I've give... Focus ↗

23 So I lay down on the ground before the Lord for forty days and forty nights, because the Lord had th... Focus ↗

24 I prayed to the Lord, saying, “Please Lord, God (Elohim), don't destroy your people that belong to y... Focus ↗

25 Please remember your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Please disregard the stubbornness of this p... Focus ↗

26 If you don't, those people back in Egypt will say, ‘The Lord brought them out to kill them in the de... Focus ↗

27 But they are your people, Lord! They belong to you! You led them out of Egypt by your amazing power... Focus ↗

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Book: Deuteronomy
Chapter: Chapter 9 (27 verses)
Version: Free Bible Version

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