Deuteronomy 10:10

10 ego autem steti in monte sicut prius quadraginta diebus ac noctibus exaudivitque me Dominus etiam hac vice et te perdere noluit

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 eo tempore separavit tribum Levi ut portaret arcam foederis Domini et staret coram eo in ministerio ac benediceret in nomine illius usque in praesentem diem
9 quam ob rem non habuit Levi partem neque possessionem cum fratribus suis quia ipse Dominus possessio eius est sicut promisit ei Dominus Deus tuus
10 ego autem steti in monte sicut prius quadraginta diebus ac noctibus exaudivitque me Dominus etiam hac vice et te perdere noluit
11 dixitque mihi vade et praecede populum ut ingrediatur et possideat terram quam iuravi patribus eorum ut traderem eis
12 et nunc Israhel quid Dominus Deus tuus petit a te nisi ut timeas Dominum Deum tuum et ambules in viis eius et diligas eum ac servias Domino Deo tuo in toto corde tuo et in tota anima tua
The Latin Vulgate is in the public domain.