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because the LORD had said he would destroy you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/deuteronomy/9.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“Thus I prostrated myself before the LORD; forty days and forty nights I kept prostrating myself, because the LORD had said He would destroy you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/deuteronomy/9.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“So I fell down before the LORD for the forty days and nights, which I did because the LORD said He would destroy you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/9.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220So I fell down before the LORD the forty days and nights, which I did because the LORD had said He would destroy you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/deuteronomy/9.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“So I fell down before the LORD the forty days and nights, which I did because the LORD had said He would destroy you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/deuteronomy/9.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“So I fell down before Yahweh the forty days and the forty nights, which I did because Yahweh had said He would destroy you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/deuteronomy/9.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“So I fell down <i>and</i> lay face down before the LORD forty days and nights because the LORD had said He would destroy you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/deuteronomy/9.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“I fell down in the presence of the LORD forty days and forty nights because the LORD had threatened to destroy you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/deuteronomy/9.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I fell down in the presence of the LORD 40 days and 40 nights because the LORD had threatened to destroy you. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/deuteronomy/9.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />So I fell down before Jehovah the forty days and forty nights that I fell down, because Jehovah had said he would destroy you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/deuteronomy/9.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />After you had made the idol in the shape of a calf, the LORD said he was going to destroy you. So I lay face down in front of the LORD for 40 days and nights <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/deuteronomy/9.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />So I fell down before the LORD the forty days and forty nights that I fell down; because the LORD had said he would destroy you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/deuteronomy/9.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />I threw myself down in front of the LORD for 40 days and 40 nights because the LORD said he would destroy you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/deuteronomy/9.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />"So I lay face downward in the LORD's presence those forty days and nights, because I knew that he was determined to destroy you. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/deuteronomy/9.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />I fell down in the LORD's presence for 40 days and nights, because the LORD said he was ready to destroy you. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/deuteronomy/9.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />So I fell down before the LORD for forty days and forty nights, because the LORD had said He would destroy you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/deuteronomy/9.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />I lay flat on the ground before the LORD for forty days and nights, for he had said he would destroy you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/deuteronomy/9.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />So I fell down before the LORD the forty days and forty nights that I fell down, because the LORD had said he would destroy you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/deuteronomy/9.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/deuteronomy/9.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />So I fell down before Yahweh the forty days and forty nights that I fell down, because Yahweh had said he would destroy you. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/deuteronomy/9.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And I throw myself before YHWH—the forty days and the forty nights when I had thrown myself—because YHWH has commanded to destroy you;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/deuteronomy/9.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'And I throw myself before Jehovah, the forty days and the forty nights, as I had thrown myself, for Jehovah hath said -- to destroy you;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/deuteronomy/9.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And I shall fall down before Jehovah forty days and forty nights, as I fell down; for Jehovah said to destroy you.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/deuteronomy/9.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And I lay prostrate before the Lord forty days and nights, in which I humbly besought him, that he would not destroy you as he had threatened: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/deuteronomy/9.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And so, I lay prostrate before the Lord for forty days and nights, as I humbly begged him, lest he destroy you, just as he had threatened to do.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/deuteronomy/9.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Those forty days, then, and forty nights, I lay prostrate before the LORD, because he had threatened to destroy you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/deuteronomy/9.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Throughout the forty days and forty nights that I lay prostrate before the LORD when the LORD intended to destroy you,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/deuteronomy/9.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Thus I prayed before the LORD forty days and forty nights, because the LORD had said he would destroy you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/deuteronomy/9.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And I prayed before LORD JEHOVAH forty days and forty nights, because LORD JEHOVAH said that He would destroy you.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/deuteronomy/9.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />So I fell down before the LORD the forty days and forty nights that I fell down; because the LORD had said He would destroy you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/deuteronomy/9.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And I prayed before the Lord forty days and forty nights, the number that I prayed <i>before</i>, for the Lord said that he would utterly destroy you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/deuteronomy/9-25.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IRhBtZaVxJ0?start=2952" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/9.htm">The Golden Calf</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">24</span>You have been rebelling against the LORD since the day I came to know you. <span class="reftext">25</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5307.htm" title="5307: wā·’eṯ·nap·pal (Conj-w:: V-Hitpael-ConsecImperf-1cs) -- To fall, lie. A primitive root; to fall, in a great variety of applications.">So I fell down</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: lip̄·nê (Prep-l:: N-cpc) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">before</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’êṯ (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/705.htm" title="705: ’ar·bā·‘îm (Number-cp) -- Forty. Multiple of arba'; forty.">for forty</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: hay·yō·wm (Art:: N-ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">days</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">and</a> <a href="/hebrew/705.htm" title="705: ’ar·bā·‘îm (Number-cp) -- Forty. Multiple of arba'; forty.">forty</a> <a href="/hebrew/3915.htm" title="3915: hal·lay·lāh (Art:: N-ms) -- Night. Or leyl; also laylah; from the same as luwl; properly, a twist, i.e. Night; figuratively, adversity.">nights,</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5307.htm" title="5307: hiṯ·nap·pā·lə·tî (V-Hitpael-Perf-1cs) -- To fall, lie. A primitive root; to fall, in a great variety of applications."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">because</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: ’ā·mar (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">had said</a> <a href="/hebrew/8045.htm" title="8045: lə·haš·mîḏ (Prep-l:: V-Hifil-Inf) -- To be exterminated or destroyed. A primitive root; to desolate.">He would destroy</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ·ḵem (DirObjM:: 2mp) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">you.</a> </span><span class="reftext">26</span>And I prayed to the LORD and said, “O Lord GOD, do not destroy Your people, Your inheritance, whom You redeemed through Your greatness and brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/32-11.htm">Exodus 32:11-14</a></span><br />But Moses sought the favor of the LORD his God, saying, “O LORD, why does Your anger burn against Your people, whom You brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand? / Why should the Egyptians declare, ‘He brought them out with evil intent, to kill them in the mountains and wipe them from the face of the earth’? Turn from Your fierce anger and relent from doing harm to Your people. / Remember Your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, to whom You swore by Your very self when You declared, ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give your descendants all this land that I have promised, and it shall be their inheritance forever.’” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/14-13.htm">Numbers 14:13-20</a></span><br />But Moses said to the LORD, “The Egyptians will hear of it, for by Your strength You brought this people from among them. / And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have already heard that You, O LORD, are in the midst of this people, that You, O LORD, have been seen face to face, that Your cloud stands over them, and that You go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night. / If You kill this people as one man, the nations who have heard of Your fame will say, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/106-23.htm">Psalm 106:23</a></span><br />So He said He would destroy them—had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach to divert His wrath from destroying them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/34-9.htm">Exodus 34:9</a></span><br />“O Lord,” he said, “if I have indeed found favor in Your sight, my Lord, please go with us. Although this is a stiff-necked people, forgive our iniquity and sin, and take us as Your inheritance.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/16-22.htm">Numbers 16:22</a></span><br />But Moses and Aaron fell facedown and said, “O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, when one man sins, will You be angry with the whole congregation?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/7-8.htm">1 Samuel 7:8-9</a></span><br />and said to Samuel, “Do not stop crying out to the LORD our God for us, that He may save us from the hand of the Philistines.” / Then Samuel took a suckling lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the LORD. He cried out to the LORD on behalf of Israel, and the LORD answered him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/8-33.htm">1 Kings 8:33-34</a></span><br />When Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy because they have sinned against You, and they return to You and confess Your name, praying and pleading with You in this temple, / then may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your people Israel. May You restore them to the land You gave to their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/30-18.htm">2 Chronicles 30:18-20</a></span><br />A large number of the people—many from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun—had not purified themselves, yet they ate the Passover, contrary to what was written. But Hezekiah interceded for them, saying, “May the LORD, who is good, provide atonement for everyone / who sets his heart on seeking God—the LORD, the God of his fathers—even if he is not cleansed according to the purification rules of the sanctuary.” / And the LORD heard Hezekiah and healed the people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/1-4.htm">Nehemiah 1:4-11</a></span><br />When I heard these words, I sat down and wept. I mourned for days, fasting and praying before the God of heaven. / Then I said: “O LORD, God of heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion with those who love Him and keep His commandments, / let Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to hear the prayer that I, Your servant, now pray before You day and night for Your servants, the Israelites. I confess the sins that we Israelites have committed against You. Both I and my father’s house have sinned. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/9-3.htm">Daniel 9:3-19</a></span><br />So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes. / And I prayed to the LORD my God and confessed, “O, Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant of loving devotion to those who love Him and keep His commandments, / we have sinned and done wrong. We have acted wickedly and rebelled. We have turned away from Your commandments and ordinances. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/7-16.htm">Jeremiah 7:16</a></span><br />As for you, do not pray for these people, do not offer a plea or petition on their behalf, and do not beg Me, for I will not listen to you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/22-30.htm">Ezekiel 22:30</a></span><br />I searched for a man among them to repair the wall and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, so that I should not destroy it. But I found no one.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/17-14.htm">Matthew 17:14-21</a></span><br />When they came to the crowd, a man came up to Jesus and knelt before Him. / “Lord, have mercy on my son,” he said. “He has seizures and is suffering terribly. He often falls into the fire or into the water. / I brought him to Your disciples, but they could not heal him.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/22-31.htm">Luke 22:31-32</a></span><br />Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift all of you like wheat. / But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith will not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/17-9.htm">John 17:9</a></span><br />I ask on their behalf. I do not ask on behalf of the world, but on behalf of those You have given Me; for they are Yours.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/9-16.htm">Deuteronomy 9:16,18</a></b></br> And I looked, and, behold, ye had sinned against the LORD your God, <i>and</i> had made you a molten calf: ye had turned aside quickly out of the way which the LORD had commanded you… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/deuteronomy/9-20.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-11.htm">End</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-17.htm">Lay</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-18.htm">Nights</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-20.htm">Prayer</a> <a href="/numbers/24-16.htm">Prostrate</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/7-23.htm">Throw</a> <a href="/numbers/19-20.htm">Thrown</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/deuteronomy/9-26.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-4.htm">End</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/10-2.htm">Lay</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/10-10.htm">Nights</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/10-10.htm">Prayer</a> <a href="/2_samuel/15-5.htm">Prostrate</a> <a href="/joshua/24-14.htm">Throw</a> <a href="/judges/6-32.htm">Thrown</a><div class="vheading2">Deuteronomy 9</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/9-1.htm">Moses dissuades them from the opinion of their own righteousness</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/9-7.htm">Moses reminds them of the golden calf</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/deuteronomy/9.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/deuteronomy/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/deuteronomy/9.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>So I fell down before the LORD</b><br>This phrase indicates an act of deep humility and intercession. Falling down before the LORD is a posture of worship and supplication, often seen in the Old Testament as a response to God's holiness and authority. Moses, as a mediator, exemplifies the role of an intercessor, foreshadowing Christ's mediatory work. This act is reminiscent of other biblical figures who prostrated themselves in prayer, such as Daniel (<a href="/daniel/9-3.htm">Daniel 9:3</a>) and Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane (<a href="/matthew/26-39.htm">Matthew 26:39</a>).<p><b>for forty days and forty nights</b><br>The period of forty days and nights is significant in biblical numerology, often symbolizing a time of testing, trial, or judgment. This duration mirrors the forty days and nights of rain during the flood (<a href="/genesis/7-12.htm">Genesis 7:12</a>) and Jesus' forty days of fasting in the wilderness (<a href="/matthew/4-2.htm">Matthew 4:2</a>). It underscores the seriousness of the situation and the intensity of Moses' intercession for the Israelites.<p><b>because the LORD had said He would destroy you</b><br>This phrase highlights the gravity of Israel's sin and God's righteous judgment. The context is the aftermath of the golden calf incident (Exodus 32), where Israel's idolatry provoked God's wrath. It underscores the covenant relationship between God and Israel, where disobedience leads to severe consequences. Moses' intercession is crucial in averting disaster, illustrating the power of prayer and God's willingness to relent in response to genuine repentance and intercession. This also points to the necessity of a mediator, ultimately fulfilled in Jesus Christ, who intercedes on behalf of humanity (<a href="/hebrews/7-25.htm">Hebrews 7:25</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The leader of the Israelites, chosen by God to lead His people out of Egypt and through the wilderness. In <a href="/deuteronomy/9-25.htm">Deuteronomy 9:25</a>, Moses is interceding for the Israelites.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The chosen people of God, who were delivered from slavery in Egypt and are on their journey to the Promised Land. They are the recipients of Moses' intercession due to their rebellion.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/m/mount_sinai.htm">Mount Sinai (Horeb)</a></b><br>The mountain where Moses received the Ten Commandments from God. It is a significant place of divine revelation and covenant.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The one true God, who delivered the Israelites from Egypt and established a covenant with them. He is the one to whom Moses is praying.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/g/golden_calf_incident.htm">Golden Calf Incident</a></b><br>A pivotal event where the Israelites created and worshiped a golden calf while Moses was on Mount Sinai, leading to God's anger and Moses' intercession.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_intercession.htm">The Power of Intercession</a></b><br>Moses' intercession demonstrates the power and importance of standing in the gap for others in prayer. Believers are called to intercede for others, especially in times of rebellion or crisis.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_seriousness_of_sin.htm">The Seriousness of Sin</a></b><br>The Israelites' rebellion and the need for Moses' intercession highlight the seriousness of sin and its consequences. Sin separates us from God and requires repentance and mediation.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_mercy_and_patience.htm">God's Mercy and Patience</a></b><br>Despite the Israelites' repeated failures, God's willingness to listen to Moses' intercession shows His mercy and patience. This encourages believers to rely on God's grace and seek His forgiveness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/leadership_and_responsibility.htm">Leadership and Responsibility</a></b><br>Moses' role as an intercessor underscores the responsibility of leaders to pray for and guide those under their care. Christian leaders are called to be shepherds who intercede for their flock.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_jesus_as_intercessor.htm">The Role of Jesus as Intercessor</a></b><br>Moses' intercession points forward to Jesus, our ultimate intercessor, who continually mediates on our behalf before the Father. This provides assurance and hope for believers.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_deuteronomy_9.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Deuteronomy 9</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_would_moses'_plea_alter_god's_plan.htm">Deuteronomy 9:25–29 – If God knows all outcomes, why would fervent intercession by Moses change God’s course of action regarding Israel’s punishment?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/solomon's_horse_stalls__40k_or_4k.htm">How many stalls for horses did Solomon have? Forty thousand (I Kings 4:26) Four thousand (2 chronicles 9:25)</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_no_evidence_of_40-year_israelite_trek.htm">Joshua 5:6: Why is there no clear historical record or archaeological proof of the Israelites wandering for forty years with little to no mention of such a large movement outside the biblical text?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_spare_gibeonites_despite_deut._20_16-17.htm">How does sparing the Gibeonites (Joshua 9:15) align with instructions to destroy all Canaanite inhabitants (Deuteronomy 20:16-17)?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/deuteronomy/9.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(25) <span class= "bld">Thus I fell down . . .</span>--Literally, <span class= "ital">And I fell down before Jehovah forty days and forty nights, as 1 had fallen down </span>(originally on the fortieth day) <span class= "ital">when the Lord said He would destroy you: i.e., </span>when He told Moses of the calf.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/deuteronomy/9.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 25-29.</span> - Having enumerated these instances of the rebelliousness of the people, Moses reverts to the apostasy at Sinai, in order still more to impress on the minds of the people the conviction that not for any righteousness or merit of theirs, but solely of his own grace, was God fulfilling to them his covenant with their fathers. <span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 25.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Thus I fell down before the Lord forty days and forty nights, as I fell down</span> at the first; rather, <span class="accented">the forty days and forty nights in which I fell down</span>. The reference is to the intercession before Moses came down from the mount, described in <a href="/exodus/32-11.htm">Exodus 32:11-13</a>. (For the form of the expression, cf. <a href="/deuteronomy/1-46.htm">Deuteronomy 1:46</a>.) <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/deuteronomy/9-25.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">So I fell down</span><br /><span class="heb">וָֽאֶתְנַפַּ֞ל</span> <span class="translit">(wā·’eṯ·nap·pal)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5307.htm">Strong's 5307: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall, lie</span><br /><br /><span class="word">before</span><br /><span class="heb">לִפְנֵ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(lip̄·nê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> </span><span class="str2">The face</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֗ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for forty</span><br /><span class="heb">אַרְבָּעִ֥ים</span> <span class="translit">(’ar·bā·‘îm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_705.htm">Strong's 705: </a> </span><span class="str2">Forty</span><br /><br /><span class="word">days</span><br /><span class="heb">הַיּ֛וֹם</span> <span class="translit">(hay·yō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאֶת־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’eṯ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> </span><span class="str2">Untranslatable mark of the accusative case</span><br /><br /><span class="word">forty</span><br /><span class="heb">אַרְבָּעִ֥ים</span> <span class="translit">(’ar·bā·‘îm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_705.htm">Strong's 705: </a> </span><span class="str2">Forty</span><br /><br /><span class="word">nights</span><br /><span class="heb">הַלַּ֖יְלָה</span> <span class="translit">(hal·lay·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3915.htm">Strong's 3915: </a> </span><span class="str2">A twist, night, adversity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">because</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּֽי־</span> <span class="translit">(kî-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">had said</span><br /><span class="heb">אָמַ֥ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·mar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">He would destroy</span><br /><span class="heb">לְהַשְׁמִ֥יד</span> <span class="translit">(lə·haš·mîḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8045.htm">Strong's 8045: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be exterminated or destroyed</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you.</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶתְכֶֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(’eṯ·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Direct object marker | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> </span><span class="str2">Untranslatable mark of the accusative case</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/9-25.htm">Deuteronomy 9:25 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/9-25.htm">Deuteronomy 9:25 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/9-25.htm">Deuteronomy 9:25 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/9-25.htm">Deuteronomy 9:25 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/9-25.htm">Deuteronomy 9:25 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/deuteronomy/9-25.htm">Deuteronomy 9:25 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/deuteronomy/9-25.htm">Deuteronomy 9:25 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/deuteronomy/9-25.htm">Deuteronomy 9:25 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/deuteronomy/9-25.htm">Deuteronomy 9:25 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/deuteronomy/9-25.htm">Deuteronomy 9:25 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/deuteronomy/9-25.htm">OT Law: Deuteronomy 9:25 So I fell down before Yahweh (Deut. 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