Deuteronomy 9:7-21

Deuteronomy 9:7-21

[7] Remember,  and forget  not, how thou provokedst the LORD  thy God  to wrath  in the wilderness:  from  the day  that thou didst depart out  of the land  of Egypt,  until ye came  unto this place,  ye have been rebellious  against  the LORD.  [8] Also in Horeb  the LORD  to wrath,  so that the LORD  was angry  with you to have destroyed  you. [9] When I was gone up  into the mount  to receive  the tables  of stone,  even the tables  of the covenant  which the LORD  made  with you, then I abode  in the mount  forty  days  and forty  nights,  I neither did eat  bread  nor drink  water:  [10] And the LORD  delivered  unto me two  tables  of stone  written  with the finger  of God;  and on them was written according to all the words,  which the LORD  spake  with you in the mount  out of the midst  of the fire  in the day  of the assembly.  [11] And it came to pass at the end  of forty  days  and forty  nights,  that the LORD  gave  me the two  tables  of stone,  even the tables  of the covenant.  [12] And the LORD  said  unto me, Arise,  get thee down  quickly  from hence; for thy people  which thou hast brought forth  out of Egypt  have corrupted  themselves; they are quickly  turned aside  out of the way  which I commanded  them; they have made  them a molten image.  [13] Furthermore the LORD  spake  I have seen  this people,  and, behold, it is a stiffnecked  people:  [14] Let me alone,  that I may destroy  them, and blot out  their name  from under heaven:  and I will make  of  thee a nation  mightier  and greater  [15] So I turned  and came down  from the mount,  burned  with fire:  and the two  tables  of the covenant  were in my two  hands.  [16] And I looked,  and, behold, ye had sinned  against the LORD  your God,  and had made  you a molten  calf:  ye had turned aside  quickly  out of the way  which the LORD  had commanded  you. [17] And I took  the two  tables,  and cast  them out of  my two  hands,  and brake  them before your eyes.  [18] And I fell down  before  the LORD,  as at the first,  forty  days  and forty  nights:  I did neither eat  bread,  nor drink  water,  because of all your sins  which ye sinned,  in doing  wickedly  in the sight  of the LORD,  to provoke him to anger.  [19] For I was afraid  of  the anger  and hot displeasure,  wherewith the LORD  was wroth  against you to destroy  you. But the LORD  hearkened  unto me at that time  [20] And the LORD  was very  angry  with Aaron  to have destroyed  him: and I prayed  for Aaron  also the same time.  [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,  as dust:  and I cast  the dust  thereof into the brook  that descended out  of the mount.