Deuteronômio 9:25

25 Assim me prostrei perante o Senhor; quarenta dias e quarenta noites estive prostrado, porquanto o Senhor ameaçara destruir-vos.

Deuteronômio 9:25 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 9:25

Thus I fell down before the Lord forty days and forty nights,
as I fell down at the first
Which Jarchi says are the selfsame said above, ( Deuteronomy 9:18 ) , but doubled or repeated, because of the order of his prayer. The words "at the first" are not in the text; and, as before observed, we do not read that Moses fell down at the first forty days he was in the mount, unless it can be thought he did, ( Exodus 32:11 ) , wherefore this falling down seems to be as he fell down at the second forty days; and so this was a third forty days, according to the Jewish writers, and of which opinion were Dr. Lightfoot and others; (See Gill on Exodus 34:28),

because the Lord had said he would destroy you;
threatened them with destruction, and seemed as if it was his intention to destroy them; nay, even after Moses's first prayer, though he bid him go and lead the people on, yet he declared that he would visit their sin upon them, ( Exodus 32:34 ) .

Deuteronômio 9:25 In-Context

23 Quando também o Senhor vos enviou de Cades-Barnéia, dizendo: Subi, e possuí a terra que vos dei; vós vos rebelastes contra o mandado do Senhor vosso Deus, e não o crestes, e não obedecestes � sua voz.

24 Tendes sido rebeldes contra o Senhor desde o dia em que vos conheci.

25 Assim me prostrei perante o Senhor; quarenta dias e quarenta noites estive prostrado, porquanto o Senhor ameaçara destruir-vos.

26 Orei ao Senhor, dizendo: ç Senhor Jeová, não destruas o teu povo, a tua herança, que resgataste com a tua grandeza, que tiraste do Egito com mão forte.

27 Lembra-te dos teus servos, Abraão, Isaque e Jacó; não atentes para a dureza deste povo, nem para a sua iniqüidade, nem para o seu pecado;