Deuteronomy 9:20 BSB

Deuteronomy 9:20

The LORD was angry enough with Aaron to destroy him, but at that time I also prayed for Aaron.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And Jehovah was very angry with Aaron to destroy him: and I prayed for Aaron also at the same time.

KJV

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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Commentary

2 voices

Cyril of Jerusalem

Catechetical Lecture 2.10 (386)

It was not the people alone that sinned but also Aaron, the high priest. For Moses says, "And the wrath of the Lord was upon Aaron"; "and I prayed for him," he says, "and God forgave him." Now Moses made supplication on behalf of the high priest who sinned and prevailed upon the Lord by his importunity. If so, will not Jesus, his only-begotten Son, imploring God in our behalf, more so prevail?

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

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 Deu 10:6; Num 20:24-26).

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וּֽבְאַהֲרֹ֗ן	u.ve.'a.ha.Ron	and with Aaron	H175 →
הִתְאַנַּ֧ף	hit.'a.Naf	he was angry	H599 →
יְהוָ֛ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
מְאֹ֖ד	me.'Od	exceedingly	H3966 →
לְהַשְׁמִיד֑וֹ	le.hash.mi.Do	to destroy him	H8045 →
וָֽאֶתְפַּלֵּ֛ל	va.'et.pa.Lel	and I prayed	H6419 →
גַּם־	gam-	also	H1571 →
בְּעַ֥ד	be.'Ad	for	H1157 →
אַהֲרֹ֖ן	'a.ha.Ron	Aaron	H175 →
בָּעֵ֥ת	ba.'Et	at the time	H6256 →
הַהִֽוא	ha.Hiv'	<the> that	H1931 →

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Where the connections lead

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Through
Exodus 32:21
“What did this people do to you,” Moses asked Aaron, “that you have led them into so great a sin?”
leads to
- Genesis 20:9
  Then Abimelech called Abraham and asked, “What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought such tremendous guilt upon me and my kingdom? You have done things…
- Joshua 7:19–26
  So Joshua said to Achan, “My son, give glory to the LORD, the God of Israel, and make a confession to Him. I urge you to tell me what you have done; do not…
- 2 Kings 21:9–11
  But the people did not listen and Manasseh led them astray, so that they did greater evil than the nations that the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites.
- 1 Samuel 26:19
  Now please, may my lord the king hear the words of his servant: If the LORD has stirred you up against me, then may He accept an offering. But if men have done it,…
- Genesis 26:10
  “What is this you have done to us?” asked Abimelech. “One of the people could easily have slept with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us.”
Through
Exodus 32:35
And the LORD sent a plague on the people because of what they had done with the calf that Aaron had made.
leads to
- 2 Samuel 12:9–10
  Why then have you despised the command of the LORD by doing evil in His sight? You put Uriah the Hittite to the sword and took his wife as your own, for you have…
- Exodus 32:25
  Moses saw that the people were out of control, for Aaron had let them run wild and become a laughingstock to their enemies.
- Acts 1:18
  (Now with the reward for his wickedness Judas bought a field; there he fell headlong and burst open in the middle, and all his intestines spilled out.

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