Also in Horeb you provoked Yahweh to wrath, and Yahweh was angry with you to destroy you.
Parallel translations
- KJV Also in Horeb ye provoked the LORD to wrath, so that the LORD was angry with you to have destroyed you.
- BSB At Horeb you provoked the LORD, and He was angry enough to destroy you.
- NKJV Also in Horeb you provoked the Lord to wrath, so that the Lord was angry enough with you to have destroyed you.
- NASB Even at Horeb you provoked the Lord to anger, and the Lord was so angry with you that He would have destroyed you.
- NLT Even at Mount Sinai you made the Lord so angry he was ready to destroy you.
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Quick answer
Even at Horeb (Sinai) Israel provoked God so greatly that he was ready to destroy them. The golden calf is the chief example of their rebellion.
Overview
Moses recalls the sin at Sinai, where Israel rebelled even as the covenant was being given. Their idolatry brought them to the brink of destruction. This pivotal example proves Israel's unworthiness and sets up the account of Moses' intercession, foreshadowing the greater Mediator who stands between sinners and judgment.
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Cross-references · 3
- Ps 106:19–22They made a calf in Horeb, and worshiped a molten image.
- Exod 32:16The tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets.
- Exod 32:7–10Yahweh spoke to Moses, “Go, get down; for your people, who you brought up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves!
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Moses promised a Prophet like himself to whom Israel must listen (18:15); Jesus is that Prophet, the one who keeps the covenant we broke and becomes the curse for us by hanging on a tree (Gal 3:13).
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