Deuteronomio 9:18

18 Y me postré delante del SEÑOR, como antes, cuarenta días y cuarenta noches; no comí pan ni bebí agua, a causa de todo vuestro pecado en que habíais pecado haciendo mal en ojos del SEÑOR para enojarlo

Deuteronomio 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.

Deuteronomio 9:18 In-Context

16 Y miré, y he aquí habíais pecado contra el SEÑOR vuestro Dios; os habíais hecho un becerro de fundición, apartándoos presto del camino que el SEÑOR os había mandado

17 Entonces tomé las dos tablas, y las arrojé de mis dos manos, y las quebré delante de vuestros ojos

18 Y me postré delante del SEÑOR, como antes, cuarenta días y cuarenta noches; no comí pan ni bebí agua, a causa de todo vuestro pecado en que habíais pecado haciendo mal en ojos del SEÑOR para enojarlo

19 Porque temí a causa del furor y de la ira con que el SEÑOR estaba enojado contra vosotros para destruiros. Pero el SEÑOR me oyó aun esta vez

20 Contra Aarón también se enojó el SEÑOR en gran manera para destruirlo; y también oré por Aarón entonces