Deu 9:21 | NETfull | STEP | As for your sinful thing that you had made, the calf, I took it, melted it down, ground it up until it was as fine as dust, and tossed the dust into the stream that flows down the mountain.

Deuteronomy 9:21

21 As for your sinful thing ^{▼▼ Heb “your sin.” This is a metonymy in which the effect (sin) stands for the cause (the metal calf).} that you had made, the calf, I took it, melted it down, ^{▼▼ Heb “burned it with fire.”} ground it up until it was as fine as dust, and tossed the dust into the stream that flows down the mountain.