Deuteronomy 9:25 Made Simple

KJV ORIGINAL

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.

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✦ MADE SIMPLE

So I threw myself down before the LORD for forty days and forty nights, just like I had done before, because the LORD had said he would destroy you.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

Moses is telling the Israelites how he desperately pleaded with God for over a month to spare their lives when God was ready to destroy them for their disobedience.

📚 Historical Context

This refers to Moses interceding for Israel after they made the golden calf while he was on Mount Sinai receiving the Ten Commandments. God was so angry at their idolatry that He threatened to destroy the entire nation and start over with Moses. Moses prostrated himself before God for forty days and nights, fasting and pleading for God's mercy on behalf of the people.

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