Deuteronomy 9:20-22

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^18-20I bowed down at the place of worship and prayed to the Lord, without eating or drinking for 40 days and nights. You had committed a terrible sin by making that idol, and the Lord hated what you had done. He was angry enough to destroy all of you and Aaron as well. So I prayed for you and Aaron as I had done before, and this time the Lord answered my prayers.^[a]

²¹It was a sin for you to make that idol, so I threw it into the fire to melt it down. Then I took the lump of gold, ground it into powder, and threw the powder into the stream flowing down the mountain.

²²^(A) You also made the Lord angry when you were staying at Taberah,^[b] at Massah,^[c] and at Kibroth-Hattaavah.^[d]

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Footnotes

9.18-20 as I had done before … prayers: This may refer to Moses' praying for Israel before he came down from the mountain (see Exodus 32.11-14).
9.22 Taberah: See Numbers 11.1-3.
9.22 Massah: See the note at 6.16.
9.22 Kibroth-Hattaavah: See Numbers 11.31-34.