- I fell down:
- The transgressions of the people rendered this second forty days' fasting necessary to Moses. Their pardon was indeed in some sense obtained before he ascended the mount; yet probably much of the time which he spent there was employed in supplication, and when he descended the second time, with the tables of the law in his hands, the pardon was, as it were, ratified and sealed. "When I was gone upª° into the mountª to receiveª° the tablesª of stone,ª [even] the tablesª of the covenantª which¹ the LORDª madeª° with¹ you, then I abodeª° in the mountª fortyª daysª and fortyª nights,ª I neither¹ did eatª° breadª nor¹ drinkª° water:ª" {Deu 9:9} + "Now¹ therefore let me alone,²°¹ that my wrathª may wax hotª° against them, and that I may consumeª° them: and I will makeª° of thee a greatª nation.ª ... And the LORDª repentedª° of¹ the evilª which¹ he thoughtª° to doª° unto his people.ª" {Exd 32:10-14} + "And he was¹ there¹ with¹ the LORDª fortyª daysª and fortyª nights;ª he did neither¹ eatª° bread,ª nor¹ drinkª° water.ª And he wroteª° upon¹ the tablesª¹ the wordsª of the covenant,ª the tenª commandments.ª" {Exd 34:28} + "Davidª therefore besoughtª°¹ Godª for¹ the child;ª and Davidª fasted,ªª° and went¹ in,²° and layª° all¹ nightª° upon the earth.ª" {2Sm 12:16} + "Therefore he saidª° that he would destroyª° them, had notª Mosesª his chosenª stoodª° beforeª him in the breach,ª to turn awayª° his wrath,ª lest he should destroyª°¹ [them]." {Psa 106:23}
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