(KJV) Deuteronomy 9¹

⥃Assurance of Victory

[1] Hear, O Israel: Thou [art] to pass² over Jordan this day³, to go in to possess nations⁴ greater and mightier than thyself, cities⁵ great and fenced up to heaven, [2] A people great⁶ and tall, the children of the Anakims, whom thou knowest, and [of whom] thou hast heard [say], Who can stand⁷ before the children of Anak! [3] Understand⁸ therefore this day, that the Lord thy God [is] he which goeth over⁹ before thee; [as] a consuming fire¹⁰ he shall¹¹ destroy them, and he shall bring them down before thy face: so shalt thou drive them out, and destroy them quickly, as the Lord hath said unto thee. [4] Speak not¹² thou in thine heart, after that the Lord thy God hath cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the Lord hath brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness¹³ of these nations the Lord doth drive them out from before thee. [5] Not for¹⁴ thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the Lord thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may¹⁵ perform the word which the Lord sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. [6] Understand¹⁶ therefore, that the Lord thy God giveth thee¹⁷ not this good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou [art] a stiffnecked¹⁸ people.

⥃The Golden Calf ^{[ Exodus 32:1–35 † Acts 7:39–43 ]}

[7] Remember¹⁹, [and] forget not, how thou provokedst the Lord thy God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day²⁰ that thou didst depart out of the land of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been rebellious against the Lord. [8] Also in Horeb²¹ ye provoked the Lord to wrath, so that the Lord was angry with you to have destroyed you. [9] When I was²² gone up into the mount to receive the tables²³ of stone, [even] the tables of the covenant which the Lord made with you, then I²⁴ abode in the mount forty days and forty nights, I neither²⁵ did eat bread nor drink water: [10] And the Lord²⁶ delivered unto me two tables of stone written with²⁷ the finger of God; and on them [was written] according to all the words²⁸, which the Lord spake with you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly. [11] And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, [that] the Lord gave me the two tables of stone, [even] the tables of the covenant²⁹. [12] And the Lord said unto me, Arise³⁰, get thee down quickly from hence; for thy people which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have corrupted³¹ [themselves]; they are quickly³² turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten image. [13] Furthermore the Lord spake unto me, saying, I have³³ seen this people, and, behold, it [is] a stiffnecked³⁴ people: [14] Let me³⁵ alone, that I may destroy them, and blot³⁶ out their name from under heaven: and I will³⁷ make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they. [15] So I turned³⁸ and came down from the mount³⁹, and the mount burned with fire: and the two tables of the covenant [were] in my two hands. [16] And I looked⁴⁰, 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. [17] And I took the two tables, and cast them⁴¹ out of my two hands, and brake them before your eyes. [18] And I fell down⁴² before the Lord, as at the first, forty days and forty nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger. [19] For I⁴³ was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure, wherewith the Lord was wroth against you to destroy you. But the⁴⁴ Lord hearkened unto me at that time also. [20] And the Lord was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him: and I prayed for Aaron also the same time.⁴⁵ [21] And I took⁴⁶ your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, [and] ground [it] very small, [even] until it was as small as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook⁴⁷ that descended out of the mount. [22] And at Taberah⁴⁸, and at Massah⁴⁹, and at Kibroth–hattaavah⁵⁰, ye provoked the Lord to wrath. [23] Likewise⁵¹ when the Lord sent you from Kadesh–barnea, saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given you; then ye rebelled⁵² against the commandment of the Lord your God, and ye believed⁵³ him not, nor hearkened to his voice. [24] Ye have been rebellious against the Lord from the day that I knew you.⁵⁴ [25] Thus I fell down before the Lord forty days and forty nights, as I fell down [at the first]; because the Lord had said he would destroy you.⁵⁵ [26] I prayed⁵⁶ therefore unto the Lord, and said, O Lord God, destroy not thy people and thine inheritance⁵⁷, which thou hast redeemed⁵⁸ through thy greatness, which thou hast brought forth⁵⁹ out of Egypt with a mighty hand. [27] Remember⁶⁰ thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not⁶¹ unto the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin: [28] Lest the land⁶² whence thou broughtest us out say, Because⁶³ the Lord was not able to bring them into the land which he promised them, and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them in the wilderness. [29] Yet they⁶⁴ [are] thy people and thine inheritance, which thou⁶⁵ broughtest out by thy mighty power and by thy stretched out arm.