King James Version
What Does Deuteronomy 9:20 Mean?
“And the LORD was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him: and I prayed for Aaron also the same time.”
Context
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.
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Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(20) **I prayed for Aaron also.**—Jewish commentators ascribe the loss of Aaron’s two sons (Leviticus 10:1-2) partly to God’s anger at this time.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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