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Deuteronomy 9:20

The Lord was angry enough with Aaron to destroy him. So I prayed for Aaron at the same time also.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Aaron;   Anger;   Humility;   Intercession;   Israel;   Moses;   Reproof;   Thompson Chain Reference - Anger;   God;   God's;   Wrath-Anger;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Calf of Gold;   Theocracy, the, or Immediate Government by God;  

Dictionaries:

- Easton Bible Dictionary - Aaron;   Prayer;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Idol;   Jesus Christ;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Judgment Day;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Aaron;   Calf, Golden;   Deuteronomy;  

Encyclopedias:

- The Jewish Encyclopedia - Aaron;   Sidra;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
The LORD was very angry with Aharon to destroy him: and I prayed for Aharon also at the same time.
King James Version
And the Lord was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him: and I prayed for Aaron also the same time.
Lexham English Bible
And with Aaron Yahweh was angry enough to destroy him, and I prayed also for Aaron at that time.
English Standard Version
And the Lord was so angry with Aaron that he was ready to destroy him. And I prayed for Aaron also at the same time.
New Century Version
And the Lord was angry enough with Aaron to destroy him, but then I prayed for Aaron, too.
New English Translation
The Lord was also angry enough at Aaron to kill him, but at that time I prayed for him too.
Amplified Bible
"The LORD was very angry with Aaron, angry [enough] to destroy him, so I also prayed for Aaron at the same time.
New American Standard Bible
"The LORD was also angry enough with Aaron to destroy him; so I also prayed for Aaron at the same time.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Likewise ye Lorde was very angrie with Aaron, euen to destroy him: but at that time I prayed also for Aaron.
Legacy Standard Bible
And Yahweh was angry enough with Aaron to destroy him; so I also prayed for Aaron at the same time.
Complete Jewish Bible
In addition, Adonai was very angry with Aharon and would have destroyed him; but I prayed for Aharon also at the same time.
Darby Translation
And with Aaron Jehovah was very angry to destroy him; and I prayed for Aaron also at the same time.
Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord was very angry with Aaron—enough to destroy him! So I also prayed for Aaron at that time.
George Lamsa Translation
And the LORD was angry enough with Aaron to have destroyed him; and I prayed for Aaron also the same time.
Good News Translation
The Lord was also angry enough with Aaron to kill him, so I prayed for Aaron at the same time.
Christian Standard Bible®
The Lord was angry enough with Aaron to destroy him. But I prayed for Aaron at that time also.
Literal Translation
And Jehovah was very angry with Aaron, to destroy him, and I also prayed for Aaron at that time.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Morouer the LORDE was very angrie wt Aaron, so that he wolde haue destroyed him, but I made intercession for Aaron also at ye same tyme.
American Standard Version
And Jehovah was very angry with Aaron to destroy him: and I prayed for Aaron also at the same time.
Bible in Basic English
And the Lord, in his wrath, would have put Aaron to death: and I made prayer for Aaron at the same time.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The Lorde was very angry with Aaron also, euen to haue destroyed hym: and I made intercession for Aaron also the same tyme.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Moreover the LORD was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him; and I prayed for Aaron also the same time.
King James Version (1611)
And the Lord was very angry with Aaron, to haue destroyed him: And I prayed for Aaron also the same time.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he was angry with Aaron to destroy him utterly, and I prayed for Aaron also at that time.
English Revised Version
And the LORD was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him: and I prayed for Aaron also the same time.
Berean Standard Bible
The LORD was angry enough with Aaron to destroy him, but at that time I also prayed for Aaron.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Also the Lord was wrooth greteli ayens Aaron, and wolde alto breke hym, and Y preiede in lijk maner for hym.
Young's Literal Translation
`And with Aaron hath Jehovah shewed himself very angry, to destroy him, and I pray also for Aaron at that time;
Update Bible Version
And Yahweh was very angry with Aaron to destroy him: and I prayed for Aaron also at the same time.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the LORD was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him: and I prayed for Aaron also at the same time.
World English Bible
Yahweh was very angry with Aaron to destroy him: and I prayed for Aaron also at the same time.
New King James Version
And the LORD was very angry with Aaron and would have destroyed him; so I prayed for Aaron also at the same time.
New Living Translation
The Lord was so angry with Aaron that he wanted to destroy him, too. But I prayed for Aaron, and the Lord spared him.
New Revised Standard
The Lord was so angry with Aaron that he was ready to destroy him, but I interceded also on behalf of Aaron at that same time.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And with Aaron, did Yahweh show himself exceedingly angry, to destroy him, - so I prostrated myself, even in behalf of Aaron at that time.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he was exceeding angry against Aaron also, and would have destroyed him, and I prayed in like manner for him.
Revised Standard Version
And the LORD was so angry with Aaron that he was ready to destroy him; and I prayed for Aaron also at the same time.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"The LORD was angry enough with Aaron to destroy him; so I also prayed for Aaron at the same time.

Contextual Overview

7 "Remember and do not forget how you made the Lord your God angry in the desert. You have gone against the Lord from the day you left the land of Egypt until you came to this place. 8 Even at Mount Sinai you made the Lord angry. The Lord was so angry with you that He would have destroyed you. 9 I went up the mountain to receive the pieces of stone, the Laws of the agreement which the Lord had made with you. I stayed on the mountain forty days and nights. I did not eat bread or drink water. 10 Then the Lord gave me the two pieces of stone written by the finger of God. On them were all the words the Lord had spoken with you on the mountain from the fire on the day of the meeting. 11 At the end of forty days and nights the Lord gave me the two pieces of stone, the Laws of the agreement. 12 Then the Lord said to me, ‘Get up. Hurry and go down from here. For your people whom you brought out of Egypt have become very sinful. They have been quick to turn away from what I told them. They have made a false god for themselves.' 13 And the Lord said to me, ‘I have seen these people. See, they are strong-willed. 14 Let Me alone, so I may destroy them and destroy their name from under heaven. I will make you into a nation that will be greater and stronger than they.' 15 So I turned and came down from the mountain while the mountain was burning with fire. The two pieces of stone of the agreement were in my two hands. 16 And I saw that it was true that you had sinned against the Lord your God. You had made for yourselves a calf out of gold. You had been quick to turn away from what the Lord had told you.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Exodus 32:2-5, Exodus 32:21, Exodus 32:35, Hebrews 7:26-28

Reciprocal: Exodus 32:25 - Aaron Numbers 11:2 - prayed Numbers 21:7 - And Moses 1 Kings 11:9 - angry Job 42:10 - when Psalms 99:8 - though Ecclesiastes 4:10 - if

Cross-References

Genesis 3:23
So the Lord God sent him out from the garden of Eden, to work the ground from which he was taken.
Genesis 4:2
Next she gave birth to his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was one who worked the ground.
Genesis 5:29
He gave him the name Noah. He said, "This one will give us rest from our work, from the hard work of our hands because the ground was cursed by the Lord."
Genesis 9:18
The sons of Noah who came out of the large boat were Shem, Ham and Japheth. Ham was the father of Canaan.
Genesis 9:19
These three were the sons of Noah. And all the people of the earth came from them.
Genesis 9:24
When Noah awoke from his wine, he knew what his youngest son had done to him.
Genesis 9:26
He also said, "Honor and thanks be to the Lord, the God of Shem. Let Canaan be his servant.
Deuteronomy 20:6
Is there anyone who has planted grape vines and has not begun to eat their fruit? Let him go and return to his house or he might die in the battle and another man will begin to eat the fruit.
Deuteronomy 28:30
You will marry a wife. But another man will lie with her. You will build a house. But you will not live in it. You will plant vines. But you will not eat the fruit.
Proverbs 10:11
The mouth of the one who is right with God is a well of life, but the mouth of the sinful hides trouble.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the Lord was very angry with Aaron, to have destroyed him,.... For complying with the request of the people in making a calf for them, and for that miserable shift he made to excuse himself; which so provoked the Lord, that he threatened to destroy him, and he was in danger of being cut off, had it not been for the intercession of Moses:

and I prayed for Aaron also the same time: who either was included in the general prayer for the people, Exodus 32:31 or a particular prayer was made for him, though not recorded, and which also succeeded.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Israel could not even boast that its heads and representatives continued, faithful. Aaron had been already designated for the high priestly functions; but he fell away with the rest of the people. It was due therefore solely to the grace of God and the intercession of Moses that Aaron himself and his promised priesthood with him were not cut off; just as at a later time, when Aaron had actually to die for a new sin Israel owed it still to the same causes that Eleazar was substituted and the High Priesthood perpetuated (compare Deuteronomy 10:6; Numbers 20:24-26).


 
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