Moses entered the cloud as he went up the mountain, and he remained on the mountain for forty days and forty nights.
Deuteronomy 10:10 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised ‘I stayed on the mountain for forty days and forty nights like the first time. The Lord also listened to me on this occasion; he agreed not to annihilate you. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And I stayed in the mount, according to the first time, forty days and forty nights; and the LORD hearkened unto me at that time also, and the LORD would not destroy thee. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And I [Moses] stayed on the mountain, as the first time, forty days and nights, and the Lord listened to me at that time also; the Lord would not destroy you. American Standard Version (1901) And I stayed in the mount, as at the first time, forty days and forty nights: and Jehovah hearkened unto me that time also; Jehovah would not destroy thee. Common English Bible Just as the first time, I remained on the mountain forty days and nights. And the LORD listened to me again in this instance. The LORD wasn’t willing to destroy you. Catholic Public Domain Version Then I stood on the mountain, as before, for forty days and nights. And the Lord heeded me at this time also, and he was not willing to destroy you. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version 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. |
Moses entered the cloud as he went up the mountain, and he remained on the mountain for forty days and forty nights.
So the Lord relented concerning the disaster he had said he would bring on his people.
The Lord answered Moses, ‘I will do this very thing you have asked, for you have found favour with me, and I know you by name.’
Moses was there with the Lord for forty days and forty nights; he did not eat food or drink water. He wrote the Ten Commandments, the words of the covenant, on the tablets.
‘He saved others, but he cannot save himself! He is the King of Israel! Let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him.
Then the Lord said to me, “Get up. Continue your journey ahead of the people, so that they may enter and possess the land I swore to give their ancestors.”
‘I fell down in the presence of the Lord for forty days and forty nights because the Lord had threatened to destroy you.