Deuteronomy 9:12

Taken from E, Exodus 32:7-8 a(on which see notes) with the addition of quickly from hereand the substitution of brought forth(D's favourite expression) for brought up; and the omission of calf.

corrupted themselves Deuteronomy 4:16; Deuteronomy 4:25; Deuteronomy 31:29 also Pl. passages: while the Sg. passages use one form of the verb only in the sense to destroy: Deuteronomy 4:31; Deuteronomy 10:10; Deuteronomy 20:19-20: cp. Deuteronomy 9:26.

the way See on Deuteronomy 5:33. Here the particular reference is to the 2nd commandment.

a molten image Heb. a molten(thing), Exodus 32:4; Exodus 32:8 molten calf. Steuern. takes this v. as another doublet superfluous before 13, and, along with Deuteronomy 9:10 when compared with the expanded Heb. text of Exodus 32:7-9 (of which the LXX omits parts), illustrative of the manner in which an editor expanded parallel passages with each other's contents. But the superfluity of the v. is not so apparent. Some mention of the molten image seems necessary here.