Deuteronomy 10:10

10 And I stood in the mount, as before, forty days and nights: and the Lord heard me this time also, and would not destroy thee.

Deuteronomy 10:10 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 10:10

And I stayed in the mount, according to the first time,
forty days and forty nights
Which is to be connected with ( Deuteronomy 10:6 ) and relates what passed before he came down from the mount with the two tables; as that he stayed there as long as he did when he received the first tables, and fasted also as long as he did then; see ( Exodus 34:28 )

and the Lord hearkened unto me at that time also;
to his prayer on the behalf of the people:

and the Lord would not destroy thee;
though he had threatened it, and their sin had deserved it.

Deuteronomy 10:10 In-Context

8 At that time he separated the tribe of Levi, to carry the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and to stand before him in the ministry, and to bless in his name until this present day.

9 Wherefore Levi hath no part nor possession with his brethren: because the Lord himself is his possession, as the Lord thy God promised him.

10 And I stood in the mount, as before, forty days and nights: and the Lord heard me this time also, and would not destroy thee.

11 And he said to me: Go, and walk before the people, that they may enter, and possess the land, which I swore to their fathers that I would give them.

12 And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but that thou fear the Lord thy God, and walk in his ways, and love him, and serve the Lord thy God, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul: