Deuteronômio 9:25

25 “Fiquei prostrado perante o SENHOR durante aqueles quarenta dias e quarenta noites porque o SENHOR tinha dito que ia destruí-los.

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 “E, quando o SENHOR os enviou de Cades-Barneia, disse: ‘Entrem lá e tomem posse da terra que dei a vocês’. Mas vocês se rebelaram contra a ordem do SENHOR, o seu Deus. Não confiaram nele, nem lhe obedeceram.

24 Vocês têm sido rebeldes contra o SENHOR desde que os conheço.

25 “Fiquei prostrado perante o SENHOR durante aqueles quarenta dias e quarenta noites porque o SENHOR tinha dito que ia destruí-los.

26 Foi quando orei ao SENHOR, dizendo: Ó Soberano SENHOR, não destruas o teu povo, a tua própria herança! Tu o redimiste com a tua grandeza e o tiraste da terra do Egito com mão poderosa.

27 Lembra-te de teus servos Abraão, Isaque e Jacó. Não leves em conta a obstinação deste povo, a sua maldade e o seu pecado,