Discovery BoxDeuteronomy 9:16 
Context9:16 When I looked, you had indeed sinned against the Lord your God and had cast for yourselves a metal calf; 1 you had quickly turned aside from the way he 2 had commanded you!
Deuteronomy 27:15
Context27:15 ‘Cursed is the one 3 who makes a carved or metal image – something abhorrent 4 to the Lord, the work of the craftsman 5 – and sets it up in a secret place.’ Then all the people will say, ‘Amen!’ 6
1 tn On the phrase “metal calf,” see note on the term “metal image” in v. 12.
2 tn Heb “the
3 tn Heb “man,” but in a generic sense here.
4 tn The Hebrew term translated here “abhorrent” (תּוֹעֵבָה, to’evah) speaks of attitudes and/or behaviors so vile as to be reprehensible to a holy God. See note on the word “abhorrent” in Deut 7:25.
5 tn Heb “craftsman’s hands.”
6 tn Or “So be it!” The term is an affirmation expressing agreement with the words of the Levites.
