"I, moreover, stayedon the mountainfortydaysand fortynightslike the firsttime,and the LORDlistenedto me that timealso;the LORDwas not willingto destroyyou.
Mosesenteredthe midstof the cloudas he wentup to the mountain;and Moseswas on the mountainfortydaysand fortynights.
So the LORDchangedHis mindaboutthe harmwhichHe saidHe would doto His people.
The LORDsaidto Moses,"I will alsodothisthingof whichyou have spoken;for you have foundfavorin My sightand I have knownyou by name."
So he was therewith the LORDfortydaysand fortynights;he did not eatbreador drinkwater.And he wroteon the tabletsthe wordsof the covenant,the TenCommandments.
"He savedothers;He cannotsaveHimself.He is the Kingof Israel;let Him nowcome downfrom the cross,and we will believein Him.
"Then the LORDsaidto me, 'Arise,proceedon your journeyaheadof the people,that they may goin and possessthe landwhichI sworeto their fathersto givethem.'
"So I felldownbeforethe LORDthe fortydaysand nights,whichI didbecausethe LORDhad saidHe would destroyyou.
