Then Moses went higher up the mountain into the cloud. Moses was on the mountain for 40 days and 40 nights.
Deuteronomy 10:10 - Easy To Read Version “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. 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. |
Then Moses went higher up the mountain into the cloud. Moses was on the mountain for 40 days and 40 nights.
So the Lord felt sorry {for the people}. The Lord did not do the thing that he said he might do—he did not destroy the people.
Then the Lord said to Moses, “I will do what you ask. I will do this because I am pleased with you and because I know you very well.” [335]
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.
They said, “He saved other people. But he can’t save himself! People say he is the king of Israel (the Jews). If he is the king, then he should come down now from the cross. Then we will believe in him.
The Lord said to me, ‘Go and lead the people on their trip. They will go in and live in the land that I promised their ancestors [60] to give them.’
“So I bowed down before the Lord 40 days and 40 nights. Why? Because the Lord said he would destroy you.