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Exodus 34:28
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Exodus 34:28
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28 Moses was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights(A) without eating bread or drinking water.(B) And he wrote on the tablets(C) the words of the covenant—the Ten Commandments.(D)
Exodus 34:28
New American Standard Bible
Exodus 34:28
New American Standard Bible
28 So he was there with the Lord for (A)forty days and forty nights; he did not eat bread or drink water. And [a](B)He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, (C)the Ten [b]Commandments.
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- Exodus 34:28 I.e., the Lord
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Exodus 34:28
New Living Translation
Exodus 34:28
New Living Translation
28 Moses remained there on the mountain with the Lord forty days and forty nights. In all that time he ate no bread and drank no water. And the Lord[a] wrote the terms of the covenant—the Ten Commandments[b]—on the stone tablets.
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Exodus 34:28
The Message
Exodus 34:28
The Message
28 Moses was there with God forty days and forty nights. He didn’t eat any food; he didn’t drink any water. And he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Words.
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Exodus 34:28
King James Version
Exodus 34:28
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28 And he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.
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1 Kings 19:8
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1 Kings 19:8
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8 So he got up and ate and drank. Strengthened by that food, he traveled forty(A) days and forty nights until he reached Horeb,(B) the mountain of God.
1 Kings 19:8
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1 Kings 19:8
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8 So he arose and ate and drank, and he journeyed in the strength of that food for (A)forty days and forty nights to (B)Horeb, the mountain of God.
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1 Kings 19:8
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1 Kings 19:8
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8 So he got up and ate and drank, and the food gave him enough strength to travel forty days and forty nights to Mount Sinai,[a] the mountain of God.
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- 19:8 Hebrew to Horeb, another name for Sinai.
1 Kings 19:8-9
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1 Kings 19:8-9
The Message
8-9 He got up, ate and drank his fill, and set out. Nourished by that meal, he walked forty days and nights, all the way to the mountain of God, to Horeb. When he got there, he crawled into a cave and went to sleep.
Then the word of God came to him: “So Elijah, what are you doing here?”
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1 Kings 19:8
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1 Kings 19:8
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8 And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.
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Matthew 4:2
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Matthew 4:2
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2 After fasting forty days and forty nights,(A) he was hungry.
Matthew 4:2
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Matthew 4:2
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2 And after He had (A)fasted for forty days and forty nights, He [a]then became hungry.
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- Matthew 4:2 Or later became; or afterward became
Matthew 4:2
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Matthew 4:2
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2 For forty days and forty nights he fasted and became very hungry.
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Matthew 4:2-3
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Matthew 4:2-3
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The Test
4 1-3 Next Jesus was taken into the wild by the Spirit for the Test. The Devil was ready to give it. Jesus prepared for the Test by fasting forty days and forty nights. That left him, of course, in a state of extreme hunger, which the Devil took advantage of in the first test: “Since you are God’s Son, speak the word that will turn these stones into loaves of bread.”
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Matthew 4:2
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Matthew 4:2
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2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.
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