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Psalms 106:19

106:18 And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.
They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.

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They made a calf in Horeb, and worshiped a molten image.

They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.

They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.

106:20 Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.

What does Psalms 106:19 mean?

Psalms 106:19 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include עָשָׂה (ʻâsâh), עֵגֶל (ʻêgel), חֹרֵב (Chôrêb).

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They
madeעָשָׂהʻâsâh/aw-saw'/H6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
a
calfעֵגֶלʻêgel/ay-ghel/H5695a (male) calf (as frisking round), especially one nearly grown (i.e. a steer)
in
Horeb,חֹרֵבChôrêb/kho-rabe'/H2722Choreb, a (generic) name for the Sinaitic mountains
and
worshippedשָׁחָהshâchâh/shaw-khaw'/H7812to depress, i.e. prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or God)
the
molten
image.מַסֵּכָהmaççêkâh/mas-say-kaw'/H4541properly, a pouring over, i.e. fusion of metal (especially a cast image); by implication, a libation, i.e. league; concretely a coverlet (as if poured out)

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 106:19.

Exodus 32:8

They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

2 Kings 17:16

And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.

Deuteronomy 9:16

And I looked, and, behold, ye had sinned against the LORD your God, and had made you a molten calf: ye had turned aside quickly out of the way which the LORD had commanded you.

Exodus 32:4

And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

Hosea 13:2

And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves. they sin: Heb. they add to sin the men: or, the sacrificers of men

Nehemiah 9:18

Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This is thy God that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought great provocations;

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What does Psalms 106:19 say?

Psalms 106:19 (King James Version) reads: "They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image."

Is Psalms 106:19 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 106:19 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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