KJV King James Version
And the LORD was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him: and I prayed for Aaron also the same time.
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Deuteronomy 9:20
And the LORD was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him: and I prayed for Aaron also the same time.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The LORD was angry enough with Aaron to destroy him, but at that time I also prayed for Aaron.
WEB World English Bible
Yahweh was very angry with Aaron to destroy him: and I prayed for Aaron also at the same time.
ASV American Standard Version
And Jehovah was very angry with Aaron to destroy him: and I prayed for Aaron also at the same time.
YLT 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;
Surrounding context — Deuteronomy 9
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 also.
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, [even] until it was as small as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the mount.
22 And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibrothhattaavah, ye provoked the LORD to wrath.
23 Likewise when the LORD sent you from Kadeshbarnea, saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given you; then ye rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God, and ye believed him not, nor hearkened to his voice.
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וּֽבְאַהֲרֹ֗ןH175 · a.ha.ronAaronהִתְאַנַּ֧ףH599 · a.naphbe angryיְהוָ֛הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDמְאֹ֖דH3966 · me.odmuchלְהַשְׁמִיד֑וֹH8045 · sha.madto destroyוָֽאֶתְפַּלֵּ֛לH6419 · pa.lalto prayגַּם־H1571 · gamalsoבְּעַ֥דH1157 · be.adabout/through/forאַהֲרֹ֖ןH175 · a.ha.ronAaronבָּעֵ֥תH6256 · ettimeהַהִֽואH1931 · huhe/she/it
Cross-references
Hebrews 7:26-28For such an high priest became us, [who is] holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;Exodus 32:35And the LORD plagued the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made.Exodus 32:21And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them?Exodus 32:2-5And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which [are] in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring [them] unto me.
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