Deuteronomy 9:18

Easy To Read Version

Then I bowed down before the Lord with my face to the ground for 40 days and 40 nights, like I did before. I did not eat any food or drink any water. I did this because you had sinned so badly. You did the thing that is evil to the Lord, and you made him angry.

Cross References

2 Samuel 12:16

David prayed to God for the baby. David refused to eat or drink. He went into his house and stayed there. He lay on the ground all night.

1 Kings 19:8

So Elijah got up. He ate and drank. The food made Elijah strong enough to walk for 40 days and nights. He walked to Mount Horeb, the mountain of God.

Ezra 10:6

Then Ezra went away from the front of God’s house. Ezra went to the room of Jehohanan son of Eliashib. While Ezra was there, he didn’t eat food, and he didn’t drink water. He did that because he was still very sad. He was very sad about the people of Israel that came back to Jerusalem.

Psalm 106:23

God wanted to destroy those people.\par But Moses, the man he chose,\par stopped him.\par God was very angry,\par but Moses blocked the way,\par so God did not destroy the people. {\cf2\super [558]} \par

Exodus 34:28

Moses stayed there with the Lord for 40 days and 40 nights. Moses did not eat any food or drink any water. And he (the Lord)} wrote the words of the Agreement (the Ten Commandments) on the two flat stones.

Exodus 34:9

“Lord, if you are pleased with me, then please go with us. I know that these are stubborn people. But forgive us for the bad things we did! Accept us as your people.”

Deuteronomy 10:10

“I stayed on the mountain 40 days and 40 nights, like the first time. The Lord also listened to me at that time. The Lord decided not to destroy you.

Deuteronomy 9:17

So I took the two flat stones and threw them down. There before your eyes I broke the stones to pieces.

Deuteronomy 9:25

“So I bowed down before the Lord 40 days and 40 nights. Why? Because the Lord said he would destroy you.

Deuteronomy 9:9

I went up the mountain to get the flat stones. The Agreement that the Lord made with you was written on those stones. I stayed on the mountain 40 days and 40 nights. I did not eat any food or drink any water.