Discovery BoxDeuteronomy 9:11 
Context9:11 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
Context9:25 I lay flat on the ground before the Lord for forty days and nights, 1 for he 2 had said he would destroy you.
Deuteronomy 25:3
Context25:3 The judge 3 may sentence him to forty blows, 4 but no more. If he is struck with more than these, you might view your fellow Israelite 5 with contempt.
Deuteronomy 29:5
Context29:5 I have led you through the desert for forty years. Your clothing has not worn out 6 nor have your sandals 7 deteriorated.
1 tn The Hebrew text includes “when I prostrated myself.” Since this is redundant, it has been left untranslated.
2 tn Heb “the
3 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the judge) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
4 tn Heb “Forty blows he may strike him”; however, since the judge is to witness the punishment (v. 2) it is unlikely the judge himself administered it.
5 tn Heb “your brothers” but not limited only to an actual sibling; cf. NAB) “your kinsman”; NRSV, NLT “your neighbor.”
6 tn The Hebrew text includes “on you.” This has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.
7 tn The Hebrew text includes “from on your feet.”
