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Nehemiah 9:18-25

18 even when they cast for themselves an image of a calf and said, ‘This is your god, who brought you up out of Egypt,’ or when they committed awful blasphemies.

19 “Because of your great compassion you did not abandon them in the desert. By day the pillar of cloud did not cease to guide them on their path, nor the pillar of fire by night to shine on the way they were to take.

20 You gave your good Spirit to instruct them. You did not withhold your manna from their mouths, and you gave them water for their thirst.

21 For forty years you sustained them in the desert; they lacked nothing, their clothes did not wear out nor did their feet become swollen.

22 “You gave them kingdoms and nations, allotting to them even the remotest frontiers. They took over the country of Sihon king of Heshbon and the country of Og king of Bashan.

23 You made their sons as numerous as the stars in the sky, and you brought them into the land that you told their fathers to enter and possess.

24 Their sons went in and took possession of the land. You subdued before them the Canaanites, who lived in the land; you handed the Canaanites over to them, along with their kings and the peoples of the land, to deal with them as they pleased.

25 They captured fortified cities and fertile land; they took possession of houses filled with all kinds of good things, wells already dug, vineyards, olive groves and fruit trees in abundance. They ate to the full and were well-nourished; they reveled in your great goodness.

Cross References for Nehemiah 9:18-25

Psalms 106:19 - At Horeb they made a calf and worshiped an idol cast from metal. Click to read the verse Psalms 106:19 Click to read the verse Psalms 106:19

Exodus 32:4 - He took what they handed him and made it into an idol cast in the shape of a calf, fashioning i... Click to read the verse Exodus 32:4 Click to read the verse Exodus 32:4

Acts 7:41 - That was the time they made an idol in the form of a calf. They brought sacrifices to it and he... Click to read the verse Acts 7:41 Click to read the verse Acts 7:41

Exodus 32:31-32 - So Moses went back to the Lord and said, “Oh, what a great sin these people have committed! The... Click to read the verse Exodus 32:31-32 Click to read the verse Exodus 32:31-32

Amos 5:25 - “Did you bring me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the desert, O house of Israel? Click to read the verse Amos 5:25 Click to read the verse Amos 5:25

Nehemiah 9:26 - “But they were disobedient and rebelled against you; they put your law behind their backs. They... Click to read the verse Nehemiah 9:26 Click to read the verse Nehemiah 9:26

Exodus 32:4-8 - He took what they handed him and made it into an idol cast in the shape of a calf, fashioning i... Click to read the verse Exodus 32:4-8 Click to read the verse Exodus 32:4-8

Psalms 106:19-23 - At Horeb they made a calf and worshiped an idol cast from metal. Click to read the verse Psalms 106:19-23 Click to read the verse Psalms 106:19-23

Deuteronomy 9:12-16 - Then the Lord told me, “Go down from here at once, because your people whom you brought out of ... Click to read the verse Deuteronomy 9:12-16 Click to read the verse Deuteronomy 9:12-16

Ezekiel 20:7-44 - And I said to them, “Each of you, get rid of the vile images you have set your eyes on, and do ... Click to read the verse Ezekiel 20:7-44 Click to read the verse Ezekiel 20:7-44