Deuteronomy 9:11

9:11 Now at the end of the forty days and nights the Lord presented me with the two stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant.

Deuteronomy 9:25

Moses’ Plea on Behalf of the Lord’s Reputation

9:25 I lay flat on the ground before the Lord for forty days and nights, ¹  for he ²  had said he would destroy you.

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¹ tn The Hebrew text includes “when I prostrated myself.” Since this is redundant, it has been left untranslated.

² tn Heb “the Lord.” See note on “he” in 9:3.