So he was therewith the LORDfortydaysand fortynights;he did not eatbreador drinkwater.And he wroteon the tabletsthe wordsof the covenant,the TenCommandments.
So he aroseand ateand drank,and wentin the strengthof that foodfortydaysand fortynightsto Horeb,the mountainof God.
Mosesenteredthe midstof the cloudas he wentup to the mountain;and Moseswas on the mountainfortydaysand fortynights.
When He had finishedspeakingwith him upon MountSinai,He gaveMosesthe twotabletsof the testimony,tabletsof stone,writtenby the fingerof God.
The tabletswere God'swork,and the writingwas God'swritingengravedon the tablets.
Now the LORDsaidto Moses,"Cutout for yourself twostonetabletslike the formerones,and I will writeon the tabletsthe wordsthat were on the formertabletswhichyou shattered.
Then God said,"Behold,I am going to makea covenant.Beforeallyour peopleI will performmiracleswhichhave not been producedin allthe earthnoramong anyof the nations;and allthe peopleamongwhomyou live will seethe workingof the LORD,for it is a fearfulthingthat I am going to performwith you.
And after He had fastedfortydaysand fortynights,He thenbecame hungry.
for fortydays,being temptedby the devil.And He atenothingduringthosedays,and when they had ended,He became hungry.
But ifthe ministryof death,in lettersengravedon stones,camewith glory,sothat the sonsof Israelcouldnot look intentlyat the faceof Mosesbecauseof the gloryof his face,fading[as] it was,
"I, moreover, stayedon the mountainfortydaysand fortynightslike the firsttime,and the LORDlistenedto me that timealso;the LORDwas not willingto destroyyou.
"Then I turnedand camedownfrom the mountainand putthe tabletsin the arkwhichI had made;and therethey are, as the LORDcommandedme."
"So He declaredto you His covenantwhichHe commandedyou to perform,[that is], the TenCommandments;and He wrotethem on twotabletsof stone.
"I felldownbeforethe LORD,as at the first,fortydaysand nights;I neitheratebreadnordrankwater,becauseof allyour sinwhichyou had committedin doingwhatwas evilin the sightof the LORDto provokeHim to anger.
"So I felldownbeforethe LORDthe fortydaysand nights,whichI didbecausethe LORDhad saidHe would destroyyou.
"When I wentup to the mountainto receivethe tabletsof stone,the tabletsof the covenantwhichthe LORDhad madewith you, then I remainedon the mountainfortydaysand nights;I neitheratebreadnordrankwater.
