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.
I took your sinful idol, that calf you had made, and burned it in the fire. Then I crushed it and ground it into tiny pieces until it was as fine as dust, and I threw that dust into the stream that flowed down from the mountain.
Moses is describing how he completely destroyed the golden calf idol that the Israelites had made, grinding it to dust and casting it into water to show that their false god was worthless.
📚 Historical Context
In the book of Deuteronomy, Moses is retelling the events at Mount Sinai to the Israelites as they prepare to enter the Promised Land, reminding them of their past unfaithfulness. The people had grown impatient while waiting for Moses on the mountain and fashioned a golden calf idol to worship, directly violating their covenant with God. Moses, in his zeal to purge this idolatry, destroyed the idol by burning it, grinding it to dust, and casting it into a stream from the mountain.
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