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Moses Destroyed the Idol [13-14]

Then Moses beat the idol into powder, threw the powder into some water and made the people drink the water. God sent a plague on the people and many of them died.

他将偶像摔成粉末，然后将粉末放在水里，让人们喝。神降灾到人群中，很多人死去。

Important Terms:

• Moses
• idol
• God

Translation Notes:

• beat the idol into powder - Moses utterly destroyed the idol by pounding it into fine particles.
• into some water - Moses scattered the gold powder over a large expanse of water.
• a plague - This could be translated as, "a terrible disease."