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Psalms 106:18–20

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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.
Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.
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From verse 18

  1. Hebrews 12:29Rank 1 from verse 18
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    29For our God is a consuming fire.

  2. Numbers 16:35–40Rank 2 from verse 18
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    35And there came out a fire from the Lord, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense.

    36¶ And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

    37Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter thou the fire yonder; for they are hallowed.

    38The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them make them broad plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before the Lord, therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel.

    39And Eleazar the priest took the brasen censers, wherewith they that were burnt had offered; and they were made broad plates for a covering of the altar:

    40To be a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before the Lord; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as the Lord said to him by the hand of Moses.

  3. Numbers 16:46Rank 3 from verse 18
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    46¶ And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from the Lord; the plague is begun.

From verse 19

  1. Exodus 32:35Rank 1 from verse 19
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    35And the Lord plagued the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made.

  2. Exodus 32:4–8Rank 2 from verse 19
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    4And 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.

    5And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to the Lord.

    6And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.

    7¶ And the Lord said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves:

    8They 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.

  3. 1 Corinthians 10:7Rank 3 from verse 19
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    7Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.

  4. Acts 7:41Rank 4 from verse 19
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    41And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.

  5. Deuteronomy 9:12–16Rank 5 from verse 19
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    12And the Lord said unto me, Arise, get thee down quickly from hence; for thy people which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have corrupted themselves; they are quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten image.

    13Furthermore the Lord spake unto me, saying, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:

    14Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven: and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they.

    15So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount burned with fire: and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands.

    16And 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.

From verse 20

  1. Jeremiah 2:11Rank 1 from verse 20
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    11Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.

  2. Exodus 20:4–5Rank 2 from verse 20
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    4Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:

    5Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;

  3. Romans 1:22–23Rank 3 from verse 20
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    22Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

    23And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.

  4. Isaiah 40:18–25Rank 4 from verse 20
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    18¶ To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?

    19The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.

    20He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved.

    21Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?

    22It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:

    23That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.

    24Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.

    25To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.

  5. Psalms 89:17Rank 5 from verse 20
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    17For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.

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Psalms 106:18

COMBINED MEANING

fire

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Burning flame and heat that gives light, consumes, purifies, or destroys.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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kindled

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Sense 1: Set on fire, ignited, caused to burn, or made hot. Sense 2: Figuratively, aroused, stirred, or inflamed, especially of anger or wrath.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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company

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1. A group, body, assembly, or number gathered or associated together. 2. Companionship or association; to associate with.

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flame

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1. The visible, rising blaze of a fire, which may burn, kindle, or consume. 2. Something likened to such a blaze.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

burned

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Sense 1: Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of burn, meaning to consume, injure, heat, dry, or harden by fire or intense heat. Sense 2: To be on fire.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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Psalms 106:19

COMBINED MEANING

made

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Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

molten

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Sense 1: Melted or made liquid by heat. Sense 2: Cast or formed from melted material.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

image

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A likeness, resemblance, representation, figure, or corresponding form.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Psalms 106:20

COMBINED MEANING

changed

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of change, meaning to make or become different; to alter, exchange, replace, or pass from one state to another.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

glory

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Sense 1: Splendour, honour, praise, majesty, or a ground of rejoicing or boasting. Sense 2: To boast, exult, take pride, or rejoice in a person or thing.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

similitude

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A likeness, resemblance, form, figure, representation, image, or pattern by which one thing is seen or compared with another.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Bullokar 1616 · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

eateth

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Third-person singular present form of eat, meaning to take food into the body; to consume, devour, or waste away.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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grass

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Low green herbage growing from the ground; by extension, plants used for pasture.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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106:17The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.

106:18And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.

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106:19They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.

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

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106:21They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt;

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