And I fell down 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.
And I threw myself down before the LORD, just like before, for forty days and forty nights. I didn't eat any food or drink any water because of all the sins you committed when you did evil things that the LORD could see, making him angry.
Moses is telling the Israelites how he fasted and prayed for forty days straight, desperately pleading with God not to destroy them because of their terrible sins.
📚 Historical Context
This refers to Moses' second forty-day fast on Mount Sinai after the Israelites made and worshiped the golden calf while he was receiving the Ten Commandments. Moses had just broken the stone tablets in anger at their idolatry and returned to the mountain to intercede for the people. God was so angry at their rebellion that He threatened to destroy the entire nation and start over with Moses alone.
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