Deuteronômio 9:18

18 Prostrei-me perante o Senhor, como antes, quarenta dias e quarenta noites; não comi pão, nem bebi água, por causa de todo o vosso pecado que havíeis cometido, fazendo o que era mau aos olhos do Senhor, para o provocar a ira.

Deuteronômio 9:18 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 9:18

And I fell down before the Lord
In prayer for Israel who had sinned; but this he did not immediately after he had broken the tables, but when he had first ground the calf to powder, strewed it on the water, and made the children of Israel drink it; and when he had chided Aaron, and ordered the sons of Levi to slay every man his brother:

as at the first forty days and forty mights;
which is to be connected, I think, not with what goes before; for we read not that he fell down before the Lord, at the first time he was with him so long in the mount; but with what follows: "I did neither eat bread nor drink water"; as he neither ate nor drank the first forty days, so neither did he these second forty; see ( Deuteronomy 9:9 )

because of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the
sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger;
for they were guilty of more sins than one; besides idolatry, they were guilty of unbelief, ingratitude which were notorious and flagrant, were done openly and publicly, in sight of his glory and majesty on the mount; all which must be very provoking to him, and on account of these Moses prayed and fasted.

Deuteronômio 9:18 In-Context

16 Olhei, e eis que havíeis pecado contra o Senhor vosso Deus; tínheis feito para vós um bezerro de fundição; depressa vos tínheis desviado do caminho que o Senhor vos ordenara.

17 Peguei então das duas tábuas e, arrojando-as das minhas mãos, quebrei-as diante dos vossos olhos.

18 Prostrei-me perante o Senhor, como antes, quarenta dias e quarenta noites; não comi pão, nem bebi água, por causa de todo o vosso pecado que havíeis cometido, fazendo o que era mau aos olhos do Senhor, para o provocar a ira.

19 Porque temi por causa da ira e do furor com que o Senhor estava irado contra vós para vos destruir; porém ainda essa vez o Senhor me ouviu.

20 O Senhor se irou muito contra Arão para o destruir; mas também orei a favor de Arão ao mesmo tempo.