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Deuteronomy 9:25

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23 Likewise when the LORD sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given you; then ye rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God, and ye believed him not, nor hearkened to his voice.

24 Ye have been rebellious against the LORD from the day that I knew you.

Thus I fell down before the LORD forty days and forty nights, as I fell down at the first; because the LORD had said he would destroy you.

26 I prayed therefore unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, destroy not thy people and thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed through thy greatness, which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand.

27 Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin:

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BSB
So I fell down before the LORD for forty days and forty nights, because the LORD had said He would destroy you.
KJV
Thus I fell down before the LORD forty days and forty nights, as I fell down at the first; because the LORD had said he would destroy you.
WEB
So I fell down before the LORD the forty days and forty nights that I fell down, because the LORD had said he would destroy you.
ASV
So I fell down before Jehovah the forty days and forty nights that I fell down, because Jehovah had said he would destroy you.
DARBY
So I fell down before Jehovah the forty days and forty nights, as I fell down; for Jehovah had said he would destroy you.
BLB
And I prostrated myself before the face of YHWH forty days and forty nights, when I kept prostrating myself because YHWH had said He would destroy you⁺.
ÅB
Så kastet jeg meg da ned for Herrens åsyn i de førti dager og førti netter dere vet, fordi Herren hadde sagt at han ville gjøre ende på dere.
OTB
Så jeg lå prostrert foran Herren de førti dagene og førti nettene fordi Herren hadde sagt at Han ville ødelegge deg.
B1930
Så kastet jeg mig da ned for Herrens åsyn i de firti dager og firti netter I vet, fordi Herren hadde sagt at han vilde gjøre ende på eder.

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Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 9:18

    And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and forty nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.

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  • Deuteronomy 9:16

    And I looked, and, behold, ye had sinned against the LORD your God, and had made you a molten calf: ye had turned aside quickly out of the way which the LORD had commanded you.

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